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Japanese
Etymology
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赤星
明星
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Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) + 星 (hoshi, “star”). Alternatively, compound of 明 (aka, “bright”) + 星 (hoshi, “star”).[1][2] The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
あかぼし • (akaboshi)
- 明星: a bright star or shooting star
- 赤星: a red star or shooting star
- 赤星, 明星: the morning star, Venus, especially when seen in the east just before dawn
- 赤星, 明星: (rare) Jupiter
- 赤星, 明星: (rare) Antares
Derived terms
Proper noun
あかぼし • (Akaboshi)
- 明星, 赤星: a surname
- 赤星: a place name:
- 赤星: Akaboshi Station on the Yosan Line in Shikokuchūō, Ehime Prefecture
- 赤星: Mount Akaboshi, roughly 3.4 miles or 5.5 kilometers south of Akaboshi Station
- 赤星: an 大字 (ōaza, “greater district”) in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture
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