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That blue-white shining star is Sirius.
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Vocabulary list

ano
interjection
  1. say; well; um; er
aojiroi

Adverbial Form

aojiroku
i adjective
  1. pale; pallid
  2. bluish-white
hikaru

te-form

hikatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to shine; to glitter; to be bright
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
hoshi
noun
  1. star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); heavenly body
  2. star (glyph, symbol, shape)
  3. star (actor, player, etc.)
  4. small dot; spot; fleck
  5. star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
  6. perp; perpetrator; mark; offender; suspect (police slang)
  7. bullseye
  8. one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune
  9. point; score
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
shiriusu
noun
  1. Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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