いちばんぼし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
一番星 いちばん星

Etymology

From 一(いち)番(ばん) (ichiban, “first”) + 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いちばんぼし [ìchíbáꜜǹbòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [it͡ɕibã̠mbo̞ɕi]

Noun

いちばんぼし • (ichibanboshi) 

1. first star of an evening
   • 2018, “パプリカ”, 米津玄師 (lyrics):

     夏(なつ)が来(く)る　影(かげ)が立(た)つ　あなたに会(あ)いたい
     見(み)つけたのはいちばん星(ぼし)

     natsu ga kuru kage ga tatsu anata ni aitai
     mitsuketa no wa ichibanboshi

     summer comes; shadows appear; and I long for you
     what I found was the first star of the evening

Coordinate terms

• 二(に)番(ばん)星(ぼし) (nibanboshi)