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ほし

nounnoun (generic)slangsumogo (game)

Reading

Meanings

  • star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body
  • star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk
  • star (actor, player, etc.)
  • dot, spot, fleck
  • bullseye
  • perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect
  • one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune
  • point, score
  • star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi
  • (pyrotechnic) star

Learn in context

Example sentences

そらほしがある。

There are stars in the sky.

昨日きのうよるほしがきれいだった。

The stars were beautiful last night.

今夜こんやほしえない。

I can't see any stars tonight.

子供こどもころ、よくほしかぞえた。

When I was a child, I often counted the stars.

彼女かのじょはスポーツのほしになった。

She became a star in sports.