noun

  1. shooting star, falling star, meteor.
  2. blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
流れ星 ながれぼし
 
 
 
ながれ星 ながれぼし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

current, a sink, flow
リュウ なが.れる ながれ (3rd, N3)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
a cup with pendants, a pennant, wild
inverted child
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
かわ セン か (1st, N5)
star, spot, dot
ほし セイ ショウ (2nd, N2)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)