What does star in Japanese mean?

What is the meaning of the word star in Japanese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use star in Japanese.

The word star in Japanese means 星, スター、花形、セレブ, 星印、米印、アスタリスク, 主演する、主役に立つ, ～に星印をつける, 素晴らしい、すぐれた、抜きん出た, スター、主役, 星、星回り、運命、定め, 星、星形, 立役者、エース, 星, 星, ～を星で飾る, 起用する, オールスター, クモヒトデ, スターフルーツ, 共演者, 共演する, 〜と共演する, わい星, 人気のなくなったスター、忘れられた芸能人, 五つ星の, 五つ星～, 大将、高官, ゲスト、ゲストの芸能人, 導者、ひらめきを与える人, 映画スター、有名映画俳優, 中性子星、ニュートロン星, 北極星, 北極星, 北極星, （南半球または北半球の天の極の近くにある）最も明るい星, 指針, 人気上昇中の人, 輝きを放つ物、インスピレーションを与える物, 流星、流れ星, ウイキョウ, ベツレヘムの星, オオアマナ、スターオブベツレヘム, ダビデの星, スタープレーヤー、花形選手, 星座, 星めぐりの悪い, 星を散りばめた, 綺羅星のような, ヒトデ. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word star

星

(celestial body)

太陽はたくさんの星のなかのひとつです。

The Sun is one of many stars.

スター、花形、セレブ

(celebrity)

彼女はハリウッドのビッグスター（or: 花形、セレブ）だ。

She is a big Hollywood star.

星印、米印、アスタリスク

(asterisk) (口語)

オペレーターとお話しをご希望の場合は、アスタリスク（or: 星印）を押してください。

To speak to an operator, press star.

主演する、主役に立つ

(play a leading role)

その有名女優は、新しいドラマで主演する（or: 主役に立つ）。

The famous actress stars in a new drama.

～に星印をつける

(mark with an asterisk)

その先生は、正しい解答に星印をつけた。

The teacher starred the correct answers.

素晴らしい、すぐれた、抜きん出た

(excellent, finest)

彼女はそのクラスでは素晴らしい（or: すぐれた、抜きん出た）生徒だ。

She is the star pupil in the class.

スター、主役

(main performer)

Our daughter is the star of the show.

星、星回り、運命、定め

(figurative, often plural (destiny)

Go to the city and follow your star. The fortune teller told me what she saw in my stars.

星、星形

(geometric figure)

The artists traced a star on the canvas.

立役者、エース

(prominent person)

Duane is the star of the sales team.

星

(military decoration) (軍の徽章)

That general has four stars.

星

(award, rating) (評価)

This restaurant has two Michelin stars. In London, we stayed in a five-star hotel.

～を星で飾る

(set with stars)

The students starred their art projects.

起用する

(feature: a performer)

The new movie stars my favourite actor.

オールスター

(cast, show: featuring famous performers)

The new film has an all-star cast.

クモヒトデ

(type of starfish) (ヒトデの種類)

スターフルーツ

(yellow Asian star-shaped fruit) (果実)

共演者

(actor: shares top billing)

Claudette Colbert was Clark Gable's co-star in the film "It Happened One Night."

共演する

(actor: share top billing)

They fell in love while co-starring in a romantic comedy.

〜と共演する

(actor: share top billing with)

わい星

(astronomy: small star) (星)

Very small stars are called dwarfs.

五つ星の

(hotel, etc.: rated five stars)

五つ星～

(figurative (highly rated, recommended)

大将、高官

(high-ranking military officer) (軍隊)

Dwight David Eisenhower was a four-star-general.

ゲスト、ゲストの芸能人

(tv: famous actor playing a role) (テレビ番組)

James Franco was recently a guest star on the soap opera "General Hospital".

導者、ひらめきを与える人

(figurative (person: inspires, leads)

映画スター、有名映画俳優

(famous film actor)

Now that he was a movie star everybody wanted to give him things for free.

中性子星、ニュートロン星

(star that has collapsed) (天文)

北極星

(astronomy: polestar, Polaris) (天文)

One can distinguish direction at night by following the North Star.

北極星

(north star) (天文)

You can find north by looking for the polar star.

北極星

(Polaris, North Star)

（南半球または北半球の天の極の近くにある）最も明るい星

(brightest star near celestial pole)

指針

(figurative (guiding principle, leader)

輝きを放つ物、インスピレーションを与える物

(figurative (luminary, inspiring figure) (比喩)

流星、流れ星

(meteor)

I spent all last night trying to see a shooting star.

ウイキョウ

(spice) (香辛料)

Star anise lends its flavor to many things including ouzo.

ベツレヘムの星

(Christianity: star that led the Magi) (キリスト教)

The Wise Men followed the Star of Bethlehem to the stable where Jesus was born.

オオアマナ、スターオブベツレヘム

(plant) (花卉)

ダビデの星

(Judaism: six-pointed star) (ユダヤ教)

スタープレーヤー、花形選手

(top sportsperson in a team)

The team's star player is currently injured.

星座

(one of 12 signs of the Zodiac)

星めぐりの悪い

(unlucky)

星を散りばめた

(covered with stars)

I looked up at the star-studded sky.

綺羅星のような

(informal (with many famous people)

The movie boasts a star-studded cast.

ヒトデ

(star-shaped sea creature)

We saw different kinds of starfish on the beach.

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