いちばんぼし

Japanese

Alternative spellings
一番星いちばん星

Etymology

From 一(いち)番(ばん) (ichiban, “first”) + 星(ほし) (hoshi, “star”). The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いちばんぼし [ìchíbáꜜǹbòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [it͡ɕibã̠mbo̞ɕi]

Noun

いちばんぼし • (ichibanboshi)

first star of an evening
- 2018, “パプリカ”, 米津玄師 (lyrics):
  
  夏(なつ)が来(く)る　影(かげ)が立(た)つ　あなたに会(あ)いたい
  見(み)つけたのはいちばん星(ぼし)
  natsu ga kuru kage ga tatsu anata ni aitai
  mitsuketa no wa ichibanboshi
  summer comes; shadows appear; and I long for you
  what I found was the first star of the evening

Coordinate terms

二(に)番(ばん)星(ぼし) (nibanboshi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN