いちばんぼし

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
一番星
いちばん星

Etymology

From (いち)(ばん) (ichiban, first) + (ほし) (hoshi, star). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

いちばんぼし (ichibanboshi

  1. first star of an evening

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN