綺き羅ら星ほしのごとく

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Meanings

expression

like glittering stars

A poetic simile meaning 'like a sky full of glittering stars'; often used to describe a gathering of brilliant people or things. The reading きらぼしのごとく is an irregular kana variant.

会かい場じょうには綺き羅ら星ほしのごとく著ちょ名めいな作さっ家かが集あつまった。
Renowned writers gathered at the venue like glittering stars.
夜よ空ぞらに綺き羅ら星ほしのごとく輝かがやく無む数すうの星ほし。
Countless stars shining in the night sky like glittering stars.

Kanji

綺figured cloth, beautiful
羅gauze, thin silk, Rome
星star, spot, dot
如likeness, like, such as

Related words

綺き羅ら星ぼし
綺羅星 is a noun meaning 'glittering stars' or 'galaxy of talents'; 綺羅星のごとく is the full simile expression.
如ごとく
如く is a classical/literary equivalent of ように, meaning 'like' or 'as if'; used in fixed expressions.

Built from

綺き羅ら+星ほし

Written forms

綺羅星のごとく
- きらほしのごとく
  Standard kanji spelling with hiragana ごとく.
- きらぼしのごとく
  irregular kana usage
綺羅星の如く
- きらほしのごとく
  Variant using the kanji 如 for ごとく; slightly more formal or literary.
- きらぼしのごとく
  irregular kana usage
きら星のごとく
- きらほしのごとく
  Mixed kanji-kana spelling; 綺羅 is sometimes written as きら for simplicity.
- きらぼしのごとく
  irregular kana usage
きら星の如く
- きらほしのごとく
  Mixed kanji-kana spelling with 如; less common.
- きらぼしのごとく
  irregular kana usage
きらぼしのごとく
irregular kana usage

Etymology

From 綺羅星 (きらぼし, 'glittering stars') + の + ごとく (classical adverbial form of 如し, 'like'). The reading きらほし is a variant of きらぼし.