Word Meaning 流星

りゅうせい ryuusei

流星 is read as りゅうせい (ryuusei) and means meteor.

Meaning

English

  1. meteor
  2. shooting star
  3. falling star

Reading

Kana

りゅうせい

Romaji

ryuusei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 18289 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

流れ星

ながれぼし

blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)

流星体

りゅうせいたい

meteoroid

流星物質

りゅうせいぶっしつ

meteoroid

流砂

りゅうさ

quicksand

流氷

りゅうひょう

drift ice

流動的

りゅうどうてき

fluid

流域

りゅういき

drainage basin

流血

りゅうけつ

bloodshed

流量

りゅうりょう

flow rate (esp. water or electricity)

流布

るふ

circulation

流通税

りゅうつうぜい

circulation tax

流域治水

りゅういきちすい

river basin management

Example Sentences

3

A burning meteoroid produces a meteor.

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn in order to illuminate their century.

The turbulent sands above our heads, the flinging of our swords... they're naught but falling stars in the night sky.