星々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星 星
ほし
Grade: 2 		ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of 星 to explicitly emphasize plurality. The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi]

Noun

星(ほし)々(ぼし) • (hoshiboshi) 

  1. plural of 星 (hoshi): stars
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