星屑

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	屑
ほし Grade: 2	くず Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
星くず

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほしくず [hòshíkúzú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɕi̥kɯ̟zɨ]

Noun

星(ほし)屑(くず) • (hoshikuzu) 

1. (poetic) the stars in the night sky

   星屑(ほしくず)をちりばめた夜空(よぞら)

   hoshikuzu o chiribameta yozora

   the night sky inlaid with stars

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) stardust
3. chemical elements created by stellar nucleosynthesis

References

• 星屑 in 大辞泉