流星
Chinese
to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move |
star; satellite; small amount | ||
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trad. (流星) | 流 | 星 | |
simp. #(流星) | 流 | 星 |
Pronunciation
Noun
流星
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 流星 (“meteor; shooting star”) [map]
Derived terms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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流 | 星 |
りゅう Grade: 3 |
せい Grade: 2 |
kan’on |
Etymology 1
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]
Noun
- (astronomy) a meteor, a shooting star, a falling star
- Synonyms: 走り星 (hashiriboshi), 夜這い星 (yobaiboshi), 奔星 (honsei)
- 2001 January 23, Masami Kurumada, “女神の聖闘士の巻 [Athena’s Saints]”, in Saint星矢 (Saint星矢) [Saint Seiya], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 60:
- ペガサス流星拳‼
- Pegasasu Ryūseiken‼
- Pegasus Meteor Fists‼
- ペガサス流星拳‼
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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流 | 星 |
なが(れ) Grade: 3 |
ほし > ぼし Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
For pronunciation and definitions of 流星 – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, 流星, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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