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流れ星

Reading

Kana: ながれぼし
Romaji: nagareboshi
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Definitions

1

shooting star; falling star; meteor

(Astronomy, etc. term)
See also: 流星 (reading りゅうせい)
2

star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)

See also: 星月 (reading ほしづき)

Kanji

Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 ほし、 -ぼし
Meanings: star, spot, dot, mark

Example Sentences

あ、(なが)(ぼし)だ!
➥Look! There goes a shooting star.
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あの(なが)(ぼし)をごらん。
➥Look at that shooting star.
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(わたし)(なが)(ぼし)を1()()たことがある。
➥I have seen a shooting star once.
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(なが)(ぼし)(そら)()けた。
➥A shooting star dashed through the sky.
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今夜(こんや)(なが)(ぼし)()られるだろう。
➥Shooting stars will be seen tonight.
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