Kanji
Readingほし
Frequency49%
Used in (55 in total)
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
star shape; pentagram
to die; (lit.) to become a star
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
astrology; horoscope
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
star; asterisk
star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
Star of David; Magen David
star in the sky on a spring night
counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses)
pipewort (Eriocaulon cinereum)
meeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars
star seen on a rainy night; (fig.) rare occurrence; (fig.) rare sight
seven-spot ladybird; seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata)
sipunculan (any worm of phylum Sipuncula); sipunculid
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament
star polygon; stellated polygon
the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first
regular star polygon; stellated regular polygon
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
starry toado (pufferfish, Arothron firmamentum)
starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo)
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
spotted scat (Scatophagus argus, species of Indo-Pacific scat which occurs in green and red morphs); green scat; red scat
star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
zygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema
white-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus)
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
common starling; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris); tiger cowry
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Hoshikawa Station
Hoshigaoka Station (Nagoya)