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to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
star; satellite; small amount
trad. (流星)
simp. #(流星)
 
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流星

  1. (astronomy) meteor; shooting star (Classifier: m;  c mn)
    美好時光那樣短暫宛若天空流星轉瞬即逝 [MSC, trad.]
    美好时光那样短暂宛若天空流星转瞬即逝 [MSC, simp.]
    Měihǎo shíguāng shì nàyàng de duǎnzàn, wǎnruò tiānkōng huá guò de liúxīng bān zhuǎnshùnjíshì. [Pinyin]
    Happy times are so short; like a shooting star, they are gone in an instant.
  2. Alternative name for 流星錘流星锤 (liúxīngchuí).

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Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: 3
せい
Grade: 2
kan’on
 
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Etymology 1 edit

From Old Japanese, in turn from Middle Chinese 流星 (MC ljuw seng).

Attested in a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dating to 728.[1]

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(りゅう)(せい) (ryūseiりうせい (riusei)?

  1. (astronomy) a meteor, a shooting star, a falling star
    Synonyms: 走り星 (hashiriboshi), 夜這い星 (yobaiboshi), 奔星 (honsei)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
なが(れ)
Grade: 3
ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 流星 – see the following entry.
ながぼし
[noun] [from 1137] (astronomy) synonym of 流星 (ryūsei, meteor, shooting star, falling star)
(This term, 流星, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN