"星々" meaning in All languages combined

See 星々 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi] Forms: 星々 [canonical] (ruby: (ほし), (ぼし)), hoshiboshi [romanization]
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). Etymology templates: {{sortkey|ja|星々}} ほしほし', {{rendaku2|hoshi|boshi}} The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほしぼし}} 星(ほし)々(ぼし) • (hoshiboshi)
  1. plural of 星 (hoshi): stars Tags: form-of, plural Form of: (extra: (hoshi): stars)
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        "1": "ja",
        "2": "星々"
      },
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      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
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        "1": "hoshi",
        "2": "boshi"
      },
      "expansion": "The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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).",
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        [
          "々",
          "ぼし"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hoshiboshi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ほしぼし"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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          "extra": "(hoshi): stars",
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        "plural of 星 (hoshi): stars"
      ],
      "id": "en-星々-ja-noun-KnvqyG87",
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          "星",
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        [
          "stars",
          "stars"
        ]
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        "plural"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "星々"
}
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        "1": "ja",
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      },
      "expansion": "ほしほし'",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hoshi",
        "2": "boshi"
      },
      "expansion": "The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
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        ]
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    },
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        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "星(ほし)々(ぼし) • (hoshiboshi)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese nouns",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with 々",
        "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rendaku",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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          "extra": "(hoshi): stars",
          "word": "星"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of 星 (hoshi): stars"
      ],
      "links": [
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        ],
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          "stars",
          "stars"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ho̞ɕibo̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "星々"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 星々 meaning in All languages combined (1.6kB)

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