星々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほし
Grade: 2
ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of to explicitly emphasize plurality. The second character is replaced with the symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi]

Noun

(ほし)(ぼし) • (hoshiboshi) 

  1. plural of (hoshi): stars
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