星屑

Japanese

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

Etymology

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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 (distant cluster of stars resembling a cloud of dust)
    Synonym: スターダスト
  3. chemical elements created by stellar nucleosynthesis

References

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