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箒星

箒星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ほうき
Hyōgaiji
ほし > ぼし
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

箒星 (hiragana ほうきぼし, romaji hōkiboshi, historical hiragana はうきぼし)

  1. (astronomy) comet

Synonyms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Okinawan

Etymology

(hōchi, broom) + (fushi, star). Attested in the 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”) as はうちぶし (hauchibushi).[1]

Noun

箒星 (hiragana ほーちぶし, romaji hōchibushi)

  1. (astronomy) comet

Synonyms

References

  1. 1896: 沖縄語典 (Okinawa Goten, “Okinawan Dictionary”). In Japanese. http://kindai.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/992016/79
  • 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawago Jiten, “Okinawan Dictionary”), 1963