あかぼし

Japanese

Etymology

Alternative spellings
赤星明星

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

(Tokyo) あかぼし [àkáꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [a̠ka̠bo̞ɕi]

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

赤(あか)星(ぼし)瓢虫(てんとう) (akaboshi tentō): Chilocorus rubidus, a kind of ladybug
明(あか)星(ぼし)の (akaboshi no): an epithet referring to something bright
赤(あか)星(ぼし)病(びょう) (akaboshibyō): a plant infection caused by a fungus of the genus Gymnosporangium

Proper noun

あかぼし • (Akaboshi)

明星, 赤星: a surname
赤星: a place name:
1. 赤星: Akaboshi Station on the Yosan Line in Shikokuchūō, Ehime Prefecture
2. 赤星: Mount Akaboshi, roughly 3.4 miles or 5.5 kilometers south of Akaboshi Station
3. 赤星: an 大字 (ōaza, “greater district”) in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-2] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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