ほし
Meanings
Noun
1. star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body
The stars were not visible, and there was no moon.
2. star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk
3. star (actor, player, etc.)
4. dot; spot; fleck
5. bullseye
6. perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect
police slang; oft. written as ホシ
7. one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
8. point; score
9. star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi
10. (pyrotechnic) star
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
starry sky
to pass away; to die; (lit.) to become a star
Examples (80 in total)
The stars came out.
He looked up at the stars.
The stars are shining in the sky.