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)
star shape; pentagram
to die; (lit.) to become a star
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
star shape; pentagram
astrology; horoscope
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
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
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
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
starry sky
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
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament
Star of David; Magen David
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament
the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
starry toado (pufferfish, Arothron firmamentum)
zygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema
common starling; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
Hoshikawa Station
Examples (64 in total)
The stars came out.
He looked up at the stars.
The stars were beginning to appear.