ほし
Meanings
Noun
1. star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); heavenly body
2. star (glyph, symbol, shape)
3. star (actor, player, etc.)
4. small dot; spot; fleck
5. star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
6. perp; perpetrator; mark; offender; suspect
police slang
7. bullseye
8. one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
9. point; score
Kanji used
star
Pitch accent
Top 1500
Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
Examples (64 in total)
The stars came out.
He looked up at the stars.
The stars were beginning to appear.