あかぼし

Japanese

Etymology
Alternative spellings
赤星
明星

Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”). Alternatively, compound of 明 (aka, “bright”) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”).[1][2] The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あか​ぼし [àkáꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠ka̠bo̞ɕi]

Noun

あかぼし • (akaboshi) 

  1. 明星: a bright star or shooting star
  2. 赤星: a red star or shooting star
  3. 赤星, 明星: the morning star, Venus, especially when seen in the east just before dawn
  4. 赤星, 明星: (rare) Jupiter
  5. 赤星, 明星: (rare) Antares

Derived terms

Proper noun

あかぼし • (Akaboshi) 

  1. 明星, 赤星: a surname
  2. 赤星: a place name:
    1. 赤星: Akaboshi Station on the Yosan Line in Shikokuchūō, Ehime Prefecture
    2. 赤星: Mount Akaboshi, roughly 3.4 miles or 5.5 kilometers south of Akaboshi Station
    3. 赤星: an 大字 (ōaza, “greater district”) in Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture

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