流れ星

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
流 星
なが
Grade: 3 		ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
流星

Etymology

Compound of 流れ (nagare, “flowing, streaming”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 流れる (nagareru, “to flow, to stream”)) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Derived as the native Japanese reading of Middle Chinese-derived 流星 (ryūsei).

First attested from 1137.

Pronunciation

Noun

流(なが)れ星(ぼし) • (nagareboshi) 

  1. (astronomy) synonym of 流星 (ryūsei, “meteor, shooting star, falling star”)
    • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうなな)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: What Naoto Wants]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) (スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP)) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:
      きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね
      Kirei na hoshizora da ne
      Look at that beautiful starry sky
      そうね
      Sō ne
      It is, isn’t it?
      あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)
      A Nagareboshi
      Ah, a shooting star
      何(なに)か　願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？
      Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
      What’d you wish for?
      ——うん　このシーンが１(ひと)コマでも長(なが)く続(つづ)きますようにって
      ——Un Kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte
      —Umm, I wished I could drag this scene forever
      ……作(さく)者(しゃ)思(おも)いだね
      ……Sakusha omoi da ne
      …Typical author’s wish, huh?
    • 1993 November 25 [1989 May 20], Mitsuru Adachi, “第(だい)27(にじゅうなな)話(わ)　直(なお)人(と)の想(おも)い [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP) (スロー(SLOW)ステップ(STEP)) [Slow Step], 11th edition, volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
      きれいな星(ほし)空(ぞら)だね
      Kirei na hoshizora da ne
      Look at that beautiful starry sky
      ……また始(はじ)まったな
      ……Mata hajimatta na
      …It’s happened again
      あ　流(なが)れ星(ぼし)
      A Nagareboshi
      Ah, a shooting star
      何(なに)か　願(ねが)い事(ごと)した？
      Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
      What’d you wish for?
      どうぞ編(へん)集(しゅう)長(ちょう)が怒(おこ)りませんようにって……
      Dōzo henshūchō ga okorimasen yō nitte……
      I wished the editor-in-chief wouldn’t be mad at me…
      —大(だい)丈(じょう)夫(ぶ)　やさしい人(ひと)だもん
      —Daijōbu yasashii hito da mon
      —Don’t worry, he’s very easy-going
      いいかげんにしろ！
      Iikagen ni shiro!
      You irresponsible bastard!

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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