ほし

Japanese

Etymology 1

Noun

ほし • (hoshi) 

  1. 星: a stellar object, e.g. star, planet, satellite, or a comet

Proper noun

ほし • (Hoshi) 

  1. 星: a surname

Etymology 2

Adjective

ほし • (hoshi) †-shiku

  1. 欲し: (archaic, Classical Japanese) wanted, desired, needed (classical terminal form)
Inflection
Classical conjugation of "ほし" (シク活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) ほしく[1]
ほしから[2]		 fosiku
fosikara
Continuative (連用形) ほしく[1]
ほしかり[2]		 fosiku
fosikari
Terminal (終止形) ほし fosi
Attributive (連体形) ほしき
ほしかる		 fosiki
fosikaru
Realis (已然形) ほしけれ fosikere
Imperative (命令形) ほしかれ fosikare
Key constructions
Negative ほしからず fosikarazu
Contrasting conjunction ほしけれど fosikeredo
Causal conjunction ほしければ fosikereba
Conditional conjunction ほしくば fosikuba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) ほしかりき fosikariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) ほしかりけり fosikarikeri
Adverbial ほしく fosiku

[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Derived terms
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