星(ほし)

ほし
noun
star
1. star
A luminous point in the night sky.
星(ほし)がきれいだ。
The stars are beautiful.
空(そら)に星(ほし)がたくさん見(み)える。
Many stars are visible in the sky.
山(やま)の上(うえ)から見(み)る星(ほし)はとてもきれいだ。
The stars seen from the mountaintop are very beautiful.
夏(なつ)の夜(よる)に父(ちち)と外(そと)に出(で)て、一緒(いっしょ)に星(ほし)を見(み)るのが楽(たの)しい。
On summer nights, it's fun to go outside with my father and look at the stars together.
子供(こども)の時(とき)、毎年(まいとし)夏(なつ)になると父(ちち)と山(やま)に行(い)って、一緒(いっしょ)に星(ほし)を見(み)るのが楽(たの)しかった。
When I was a child, every summer I would go to the mountains with my father, and it was fun to look at the stars together.

星(ほし) refers primarily to stars visible in the night sky, not planets in scientific contexts.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 星(ほし)を見(み)る: to look at stars
  • 星(ほし)が出(で)る: stars come out
  • 星(ほし)が輝(かがや)く: stars shine
  • 流(なが)れ星(ぼし): shooting star
  • 星空(ほしぞら): starry sky

COMPOUNDS:

  • 星座(せいざ): constellation
  • 一番星(いちばんぼし): first star of evening
  • 北極星(ほっきょくせい): North Star

FIGURATIVE USE:
星(ほし) also means rating stars (三(み)つ星(ぼし) = three stars) and can refer to someone's destiny or fate in literary contexts.

SCIENCE NOTE:
In astronomy, 恒星(こうせい) (fixed star) is the technical term, while 惑星(わくせい) refers to planets.

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