流ながれ星ぼし

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Common word for a meteor or shooting star; used in everyday conversation and literature.

流ながれ星ぼしが〈場ば所しょ〉を流ながれるfor a shooting star to streak across (a place, e.g. the sky)
夜よ空ぞらを流ながれ星ぼしが流ながれた。
A shooting star streaked across the night sky.
流ながれ星ぼしに〈事こと〉を願ねがうto wish for something upon seeing a shooting star
流ながれ星ぼしに恋こいの成せい功こうを願ねがった。
I wished for success in love upon seeing a shooting star.

流りゅう星せい sense 1
流星 is the formal, scientific term for a meteor, while 流れ星 is the common, everyday word used in casual speech and literature.

彗すい星せい sense 1
流れ星 is a brief, quick streak of light from a meteor burning up, while 彗星 (a comet) is a distinct celestial body that can be visible for days or weeks.

個こN5
Used for individual shooting stars as countable objects; there is no special conventional counter in everyday use.

Compound of 流れ (nagare, 'flowing') + 星 (hoshi, 'star'), with rendaku voicing of hoshi to boshi. Literally 'flowing star'.