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ほし

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star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); heavenly body — 星
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ほし

hoshi

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  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

    Slang
    Slang
    Slang
  7. bullseye

Full entry for 星

せい

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せい

sei

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

  2. Singapore

    Noun, as suffix
    Noun, used as a suffix
    Noun, as suffix
    Noun, as prefix
    Noun, used as a prefix
    Noun, as prefix

Full entry for 星

なが
ぼし

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なが
ぼし

nagareboshi

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. shooting star; falling star; meteor

  2. star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)

Full entry for 流れ星

ほし
うらな

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ほし
うらな

hoshiuranai

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. astrology; horoscope

Full entry for 星占い

ほし
さま

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ほし
さま

ohoshisama

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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Honorific/respectful lang.
Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Honorific/respectful lang.
Polite lang.
Polite (teineigo) language
Polite lang.
Familiar lang.
Familiar language
Familiar lang.
  1. star

Full entry for お星様

あっ

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ah; oh — あっ
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あっ

a

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Common
JLPT N5
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JLPT N5
Interjection (kandoushi)
Interjection (kandoushi)
Interjection (kandoushi)
  1. ah; oh

Full entry for あっ

える

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to be seen; to be in sight — 見える
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える

mieru

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JLPT N4
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JLPT N4
Ichidan verb
Ichidan verb
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
Intransitive verb
Intransitive verb
  1. to be seen; to be in sight

  2. to look; to seem; to appear

  3. to come

    Honorific/respectful lang.
    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
    Honorific/respectful lang.

Full entry for 見える

さん
しょう

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さん
しょう

sanshou

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JLPT N1
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JLPT N1
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  1. reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

Full entry for 参照

ねが

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desire; wish; hope — 願い
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ねが

negai

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JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. desire; wish; hope

    EXAMPLE
    (ほし)(ねが)いをする。
    Wish upon a shooting star.
  2. request; entreaty; plea; appeal

    EXAMPLE
    (ねが)いします。
    Please.
  3. prayer

    EXAMPLE
    (わたし)(ねが)いはかなえられた。
    My prayers were answered.
  4. (written) application

    Noun, as suffix
    Noun, used as a suffix
    Noun, as suffix

Full entry for 願い

おび

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obi; kimono sash — 帯
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おび

obi

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. obi; kimono sash

  2. paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.

  3. band; belt; strip

  4. cingulum

  5. radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days

    Abbr.
    Abbreviation
    Abbr.

Full entry for 帯

こう
かい

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こう
かい

koukai

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  1. (sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise

Full entry for 航海

七夕
たなばた

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七夕
たなばた

tanabata

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata; Festival of the Weaver

Full entry for 七夕

すう

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すう

musuu

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の-adj.
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
の-adj.
な-adj.
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
な-adj.
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. innumerable; countless; numberless

Full entry for 無数

せん

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せん

senzo

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JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
の-adj.
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
の-adj.
  1. ancestor

Full entry for 先祖

おく
じょう

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rooftop — 屋上
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おく
じょう

okujou

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JLPT N4
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JLPT N4
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. rooftop

Full entry for 屋上

かたまり

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かたまり

katamari

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster

  2. group; crowd

  3. embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

Full entry for 塊

ぎん

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ぎん

ginga

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. Milky Way

  2. galaxy

Full entry for 銀河

まり

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まり

tomari

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JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. overnight stay; stopover

  2. inn; hotel

    EXAMPLE
    5つ(ぼし)ホテルに()まりたい。
    I want to stay at a five-star hotel.
  3. anchorage

  4. night duty

    Abbr.
    Abbreviation
    Abbr.

Full entry for 泊まり

いく

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いく

iku

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
Prefix
Prefix
Prefix
  1. some; several

  2. many

  3. how many?; how much?

Full entry for 幾

ちり

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dust; dirt — 塵
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ちり

chiri

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Genki Ch. 16
Appears in chapter 16 of the Genki textbook
Genki Ch. 16
Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. dust; dirt

Full entry for 塵

きらきら

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きらきら

kirakira

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JLPT N3
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JLPT N3
Adverb
Adverb (fukushi)
Adverb
と-adj.
Adverb taking the 'to' particle
と-adj.
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
Onomatopoeic
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Onomatopoeic
  1. glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

    EXAMPLE
    (ほし)(そら)できらきら(ひか)っていた。
    The stars were twinkling in the sky.

Full entry for きらきら

クリスマスツリー

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クリスマスツリー

kurisumasutsurii

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. Christmas tree

Full entry for クリスマスツリー

にく
がん

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にく
がん

nikugan

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. naked eye

  2. the physical eye

Full entry for 肉眼

あま
がわ

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あま
がわ

amanogawa

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Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy

Full entry for 天の川

じゅう
おく

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じゅう
おく

juuoku

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Numeric
Numeric
Numeric
  1. 1,000,000,000; billion

Full entry for 十億

ケンタウロス

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ケンタウロス

kentaurosu

Noun (common)
Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. centaur

Full entry for ケンタウロス

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