ほし

星

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body

    • 昨夜、屋上から星を観察した。
      Last night, we watched the stars from the rooftop.
    • その星は必ずしも肉眼で見えるわけではない。
      We cannot necessarily see the star with the naked eye.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk

    • ドアには大きな金色の星がついていました。
      There was a big gold star on the door.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    star (actor, player, etc.)

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    dot, spot, fleck

  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    bullseye

  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect
    police slang; oft. written as ホシ
    slang

  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune

  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    point, score

  9. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi

  10. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    (pyrotechnic) star