plural of 星 (hoshi): stars

a star (luminous celestial body) / a star (concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, especially used as a symbol to rate quality) / (tarot) the Star / (loosely) a celestial body

one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in the Chinese system of constellations / Short for シンガポール (Shingapōru): Singapore

(loosely, especially fiction) attached to names of planets

star, celestial body / star, celebrity / passing of time

Star

instant (period of time), the moment that something happens

(with the particle に (ni)) in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash

aerial photography

to heat empty cookware (as when forgetting to put water in a kettle, pot, etc.); to dry heat cookware