How to say star 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

惑星wakuseiはha恒星kouseiのno周りmawariをwo回るmawaru。
Planets move around a fixed star.
流れ星nagareboshiがga空soraをwo駆けたkaketa。
A shooting star dashed through 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.
明日ashitaのno夜yoruはha星hoshiがga見えますmiemasuかka。
Can the star be seen tomorrow night?
彼女kanojoはha私watashiをwoスターSUTAAにniしたshita。
She made me a star.

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