Word Meaning 四三の星

しそうのほし shisou no hoshi

四三の星 is read as しそうのほし (shisou no hoshi) and means the Big Dipper (asterism).

Meaning

English

  1. the Big Dipper (asterism)
  2. the Plough
  3. the Plow

Reading

Kana

しそうのほし

Romaji

shisou no hoshi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 41390 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

再三再四

さいさんさいし

repeatedly

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

秩父三十四所

ちちぶさんじゅうよんしょ

thirty-four (orig. thirty-three) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture

張三李四

ちょうさんりし

the common run of men

六三三四制

ろくさんさんよんせい

six-three-three-four system of education (six years of elementary school, three years each of junior and senior high school and four years of university)

一眼二足三胆四力

いちがんにそくさんたんしりき

firstly vision, secondly footwork, thirdly courage, fourthly technique (the most important aspects of kendo)

四隅

しぐう

four corners

四季

しき

the four seasons

四角い

しかくい

square

四角

しかく

quadrilateral

四捨五入

ししゃごにゅう

rounding (off; a number)