Keyword
star
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig1676
Readings
ほし
(49%)
せい
(40%)
ぼし
(9%)
Composed of
sun
life
Mnemonic

The sun is the source of all life in our star system. Without it we'd all be dead.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
awakening
orangutan
bloody
realize
Used in vocabulary (564 in total)
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
bull's-eye; the mark
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
planet; dark horse; surprise contender
(natural) satellite; moon; (artificial) satellite
meteor; shooting star; falling star
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
Mars (planet)
objective; aim; mark
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
artificial satellite; man-made satellite
white circle; white star; victory mark; victory
person from (the planet of)
black spot; black dot; mark indicating a defeat; loss; failure
alien (from another planet)
(mark indicating) a win
meteor swarm; meteor shower
Venus (planet)
Jupiter (planet)
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
innumerably; countlessly; (lit.) as abundant as stars
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
star shape; pentagram
to pass away; to die; (lit.) to become a star
star system
nebula; galaxy
years; time
Saturn (planet)
to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star
dazzling victory; win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
star shape; pentagram
nova; new face; new star
celestial bodies; stars
interstellar
to figure out; to get an idea
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
Mercury (planet)
Pluto (dwarf planet)
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
astrology; horoscope
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
surprise victory; upset; coup
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
glittering stars
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
homeworld; home planet; mother planet
first magnitude star
star of bad omen
win over an ozeki by a rank-and-file wrestler; silver star
communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS
different planet; another planet
five stars (rating)
starfish; sea star; asteroid (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea); northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
weather satellite; meteorological satellite
man overly interested in women's breasts
star map; star chart
real culprit
reconnaissance satellite; spy satellite
giant star; great person; giant; superstar
Seikai (series of science fiction novels by Hiroyuki Morioka)
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
Stars and Stripes (US flag); Star-Spangled Banner (US anthem)
satellite communication
satellite city; satellite town
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
star (symbol); asterisk
binary star
bead (of a gun); front sight; foresight
evening star; Vesper; Hesperus; Venus in the evening sky
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
primary star
Mars lander; Mars rover; Mars probe
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
planetary exploration
geostationary satellite
star cluster
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
one star (rating); evening star; morning star
to figure out; to get an idea
Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)
morning star; Venus; rarity
constellation; (arch.) mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions); Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
star of fate; a zodiac
amphiaster; diaster; double star; visual double
the five planets (in ancient Chinese astronomy; Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus and Mercury); five stars
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star
two stars (rating)
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
five stars (rating)
nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope
star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)
starry night; starlit night
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles); Japanese pilchard (Sardinops melanostictus); Japanese sardine
Ryūsei (professional go title)
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
terrestrial planet; telluric planet; rocky planet
asterism; pattern of stars which do not form a constellation
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
wrestlers with the same win-loss record at the end of a tournament
Star of Death (nickname for Alcor)
the Sun, the Moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies
Sirius; Dog Star
four stars (rating)
planetary system; star system
second magnitude star
first magnitude star
Pleiades star cluster
occultation (by the Moon)
five stars (rating)
artificial planet; man-made planet
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
reconnaissance satellite
interplanetary cruise; planetary travel
two stars (rating)
one star (rating)
double star; visual double
Star of David; Magen David
satellite country; satellite state
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
planetary probe; interplanetary explorer; rover
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
two stars (rating)
heptagram; septagram
glittering stars
satellite navigation system; satellite positioning system
star in the sky on a spring night
upstart; mushroom millionaire
like glittering stars
peanut worm (any worm of phylum Sipuncula)
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
four stars (rating)
planetary alignment; syzygy
one star (rating)
glittering stars
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
wavellite; brazilianite
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata
astronomical chart; star chart
Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae
first star of the Big Dipper; (arch.) top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China)
companion star
Alien Baltan (alien race in Ultraman)
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
Urusei Yatsura (manga series by Rumiko Takahashi)
meteor; falling star
one star (rating)
Planet of the Apes (novel and series of films)
Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae
planetary gear; planetary wheel
Milky Way
The Tokyo Zodiac Murders (1981 novel by Soji Shimada)
pipewort (Eriocaulon cinereum)
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses)
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
lunar occultation of Venus; occultation of Venus (by the Moon)
a great man dies; (lit.) a great star falls
Milk Dipper; southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius
rocky planet; terrestrial planet
third magnitude star
Barnard's Star (star in the constellation Ophiuchus)
major planet; giant planet; Jovian planet
exoplanet; extrasolar planet
celestial bodies; stars; bright star used for timekeeping (e.g. Sirius); Mercury (in ancient Chinese astronomy); Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
astrologer; horoscopist
Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant)
gaseous planet; gas planet
gas giant (Jupiter, Saturn); giant planet (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune); Jovian planet
meeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars
glittering stars
like glittering stars
mark indicating a defeat
second star of the evening
Saturn (planet)
Auriga (constellation); the Charioteer
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament; matrix table; score table
live satellite transmission; live coverage via satellite
starry sky
man overly interested in women's breasts
meeting of the stars Vega and Altair (on the night of Tanabata); meeting of the two love stars
rokusei senjutsu (divination method); six-star fortune-telling
like glittering stars
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird
first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star
multiple star
Galilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter); Galilean satellites
asterism; (arch.) lining up (like a row of stars)
interstellar gas
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
(in Onmyōdō) divination of a person's fate based on the nine celestial bodies's positions at birth; nine luminaries
star seen on a rainy night; (fig.) rare occurrence; (fig.) rare sight
interstellar cloud
Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the nebular hypothesis
the southern polar stars
Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis; Alpha Ori; (lit.) Heike star
first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star
star catalog; star catalogue
celestial body seen only for a short time (e.g. comet)
five-starred Red Flag; flag of China
Saturn (planet)
Saturn (planet)
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
Hoshigaoka Station (Nagoya)
second magnitude star
asterism (gemmology); optical star pattern in polished gemstones; starlight
sphere of fixed stars (in the Ptolemaic system)
four stars (rating)
starship; interstellar spacecraft
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Alcor; the Little Horseman star
sipunculan (any worm of phylum Sipuncula); sipunculid
star polygon; stellated polygon
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
stellar oscillation; starquake
Court of the Star Chamber (England)
constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions")
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
Hoshikawa Station
satellite navigation system; satellite positioning system
third magnitude star
meteor; shooting star
to become famous overnight; to burst into fame
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to be born under a (certain) star; to be born with a certain destiny; to be fated
constellation; (arch.) mansion (any of the Chinese constellations used to divide the ecliptic into 28 positions); Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
dwarf star
Pleiades star cluster
occultation (by the Moon)
seven-spotted ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata); seven-spot ladybird
crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)
Star of David; Magen David
Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant)
Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
lunar occultation of Venus; occultation of Venus (by the Moon)
Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the nine principal points (on a go board); star points; nine-stone handicap (with black stones placed on the star points)
Chinese "Well" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
common pochard (Aythya ferina); pochard
chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament; matrix table; score table
zygnema; any freshwater filamentous thalloid algae of genus Zygnema
starspotted smooth-hound (species of hound shark, Mustelus manazo)
Galilean moons (four largest moons of Jupiter); Galilean satellites
red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis)
jack-in-the-pulpit; cobra lily (plant of genus Arisaema)
blue bat star (Patiria pectinifera)
Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
28-spotted ladybird (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)
spotted scat (Scatophagus argus); green scat; red scat
white-spotted pufferfish (Torquigener albomaculosus)
Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea); brittlestar; Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)
star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata)
meteor; shooting star
meteor; shooting star
meteor; shooting star
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Onmyōdō astrologist
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
to hit the bull's-eye
aster (cell biology)
quasar; quasi-stellar object
multiple star
Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star
Ptolemaic constellations
starry toado (pufferfish)
many months and years
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); "day of the ghost"
Chinese "winnowing basket" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (natural) satellite; moon
Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (natural) satellite; moon
star catalog; star catalogue
Ptolemaic constellations
Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Neck" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Chariot" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Legs" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
dapple gray (horse coat color); dapple grey
the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first
interstellar dust
manned satellite; manned orbiter
90th birthday
dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis); smooth dogfish
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow; the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
nuclear-powered satellite
Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis; Beta Ori; (lit.) Genji star
Gymnosporangium rust (plant infection)
regular star polygon; stellated regular polygon
Northern Cross (asterism)
companion star
compact star; compact object
going to Singapore
terrestrial planet; rocky planet
bloc party; satellite party
trans-Neptunian object; transneptunian object; TNO
biosatellite; satellite designed to carry life in space
stellar seismology; asteroseismology; astroseismology
cataclysmic variable; cataclysmic variable star; CV
brightest star in a constellation; Alpha
short-period comet; periodic comet
star map; star chart
lunar occultation of a planet
Luyten's star
quasi-stellar object; QSO; quasar
nuptial tubercles; pearl organs; breeding tubercles
nuptial tubercles; pearl organs; breeding tubercles
Little Bear; Ursa Minor
Praesepe; Beehive Cluster
protrusions (esp. on helmets, kettles, etc.)
subsatellite; submoon; moonlet
Local Authorities Satellite Communications; LASCOM
Shinseido (Japanese book, music and sporting goods retail chain)
United Federation of Planets (Star Trek)
Sidereus Nuncius (treatise by Galileo Galilei; 1610)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization; ITSO
redvein enkianthus (Enkianthus campanulatus)
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
common starling; European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
tiger cowrie (Cypraea tigris); tiger cowry
Prunus persica var. densa (Chinese variety of peach)
Odaesan woodrush (Luzula plumosa)
Examples (200 in total)
Your eyes are like stars.
This book is about stars.
This is a book about stars.