JLPT N4 · Noun

星 (hoshi)

星 (ほし, hoshi) is a Japanese noun meaning “star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth)”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほし
Romaji: hoshi
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body · noun
star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk · noun
star (actor, player, etc.) · noun
dot; spot; fleck · noun
bullseye · noun

Example sentences

昨夜、屋上から星を観察した。

Last night, we watched the stars from the rooftop.

Tatoeba #169713

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.

Tatoeba #208673

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.

Tatoeba #201871

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 星

star, spot, dotセイ・ショウ・ほし・-ぼし · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 星.

衛星えいせい(natural) satellite火星かせいMars (planet)星座せいざconstellation惑星わくせいplanet

Source: JMdict entry 1376310 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.