星々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
星	星
ほし Grade: 2	ほし > ぼし Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 星(ほし)星(ぼし) (hoshiboshi)

Etymology

Reduplication of 星 to explicitly emphasize plurality. The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi]

Noun

星(ほし)々(ぼし) • (hoshiboshi) 

1. plural of 星 (hoshi): stars