How to say hoshi in Japanese

JLPTN4
星★【ほしhoshi】

noun:

  • star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
  • offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
  • star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
  • circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
  • bullseye
  • one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
  • small dot; spot
  • point; score - Sumo term

Example Sentences

夜空yozoraにni星hoshiがgaきらきらkirakira輝いていたkagayaiteita。
Stars were twinkling in the sky.
夜空yozoraにはniha星hoshi一つhitotsu見えなかったmienakatta。
Not a star was to be seen in the sky.
夜空yozoraにniきらきらkirakira光っているhikatteiru星hoshiはha、宝石housekiのようにnoyouni見えましたmiemashita。
The stars twinkling in the night sky looked like jewels.
夜yoruはha、そこsokoでdeはha東京toukyouよりyoriたくさんtakusanのno星hoshiがga見えるmieru。
At night we can see more stars there than in Tokyo.
夜yoruのno空soraにni星hoshiがga現れaraware始めたhajimeta。
Some stars began to appear in the night sky.

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