四し三そうの星ほしMeanings1expression, nounthe Big Dipper; the Plough; the PlowarchaicArchaic Japanese name for the Big Dipper asterism. The modern standard term is 北斗七星 (ほくとしちせい).See also: 北斗七星昔むかしの人ひとは北ほく斗と七しち星せいを「四し三そうの星ほし」と呼よんだ。People long ago called the Big Dipper 'shisō no hoshi'.
