あかぼし

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

• 赤(あか)星(ぼし)瓢虫(てんとう) (akaboshi tentō): Chilocorus rubidus, a kind of ladybug
• 明(あか)星(ぼし)の (akaboshi no): an epithet referring to something bright
• 赤(あか)星(ぼし)病(びょう) (akaboshibyō): a plant infection caused by a fungus of the genus Gymnosporangium

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan