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綺羅星のごとくきら星のごとく綺羅星の如くきら星の如く
きらほしのごとくきらぼしのごとく [ik]
1. [exp]
▶ like glittering stars



History:
2. A 2022-07-17 01:48:54  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5 and 中辞典 examples.
  Comments:
Not sure the "ik" is valid.
1. A* 2022-07-16 23:13:49  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Meikyo: 「きらぼしの如く」と発音されることが多いが、正式には「綺羅、星の如く」。

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬───────┬───────╮
│ 綺羅星のごとく  │ 3,192 │ 38.6% │
│ きら星のごとく  │ 1,897 │ 23.0% │
│ 綺羅星の如く   │ 1,578 │ 19.1% │
│ きら星の如く   │ 1,523 │ 18.4% │
│ きらほしのごとく │     0 │  0.0% │
│ きらぼしのごとく │    73 │  0.9% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴───────┴───────╯
  Comments:
This is a little compositional, but I think it's worth having
since its reading isn't apparent from the reading in our entry
for 綺羅星 (which is derived from the "incorrect" pronunciation
of this expression).

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