星屑

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

• 星(ほし)くず (hoshikuzu)

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