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star (usu. excluding the Sun)
  1. 1 star (usu. excluding the Sun), planet (usu. excluding Earth), heavenly body
  2. 2 star (glyph, symbol, shape), asterisk
  3. 3 star (actor, player, etc.)
  4. 4 dot, spot, fleck
  5. 5 bullseye
  6. 6 perp, perpetrator, culprit, offender, suspect — police slang; oft. written as ホシ
  7. 7 one's star (that determines one's fate), one's fortune
  8. 8 point, score
  9. 9 star point (intersection marked with a dot), hoshi
  10. 10 (pyrotechnic) star
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • The stars twinkled.

    sense 1 · star (usu. excluding the Sun)

  • The stars are bright.

    sense 1 · star (usu. excluding the Sun)

  • Let me wish upon a shooting star.

    sense 1 · star (usu. excluding the Sun)

  • The stars came out.

    sense 1 · star (usu. excluding the Sun)

  • Stars cannot be seen in the daytime.

    sense 1 · star (usu. excluding the Sun)

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