流れ星

Japanese

Kanji in this term
流	星
なが Grade: 3	ほし > ぼし Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

流星

Etymology

流れ (nagare, “flow; stream”) +‎ 星 (hoshi, “star”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ながれぼし [nàgáréꜜbòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠ɾe̞bo̞ɕi]

Noun

流れ星 (hiragana ながれぼし, rōmaji nagareboshi)

(astronomy) Synonym of 流星 (ryūsei, “meteor; shooting star”)
- 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “第だい27話わ　直なお人との想おもい [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in スローステップSLOW STEP [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 74:
  
  きれいな星 (ほし)空 (ぞら)だね
  Kirei na hoshizora da ne
  Look at that beautiful starry sky
  そうね
  Sō ne
  It is, isn’t it?
  あ　流 (なが)れ星 (ぼし)
  A nagareboshi
  Ah, a shooting star
  何 (なに)か　願 (ねが)い事 (ごと)した？
  Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
  What’d you wish for?
  ——うん　このシーンが１コマでも長 (なが)く続 (つづ)きますようにって
  ——Un kono shīn ga hito-koma demo nagaku tsuzukimasu yō nitte
  ——Umm, I wished I could drag this scene forever
  ……作 (さく)者 (しゃ)思 (おも)いだね
  ……Sakusha omoi da ne
  ……Typical author’s wish, huh?
- 1993 November 25 [May 20 1989], Adachi, Mitsuru, “第だい27話わ　直なお人との想おもい [Chapter 27: Mortals’ Desires]”, in スローステップSLOW STEP [SLOW STEP], volume 4 (fiction), 11th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, pages 93–94:
  
  きれいな星 (ほし)空 (ぞら)だね
  Kirei na hoshizora da ne
  Look at that beautiful starry sky
  ……また始 (はじ)まったな
  ……Mata hajimatta na
  ……It’s happened again
  あ　流 (なが)れ星 (ぼし)
  A nagareboshi
  Ah, a shooting star
  何 (なに)か　願 (ねが)い事 (ごと)した？
  Nani ka Negaigoto shita?
  What’d you wish for?
  どうぞ編 (へん)集 (しゅう)長 (ちょう)が怒 (おこ)りませんようにって……
  Dōzo henshūchō ga okorimasen yō nitte……
  I wished the editor-in-chief wouldn’t be mad at me……
  —大 (だい)丈 (じょう)夫 (ぶ)　やさしい人 (ひと)だもん
  —Daijōbu yasashii hito da mon
  —Don’t worry, he’s very easy-going
  いいかげんにしろ！
  Iikagen ni shiro!
  You irresponsible bastard!

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