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AFAIK , hoshi 星 means both star and planet (except for the sun and the moon),
when 惑星 means only planet. is there any word to refer to stars only?
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Is there any word for stars only?
Even the word "star" in English can embrace _planets_ (and other objects such
as in "falling _star_ ") too, after all planets have in the past also been
called wandering _stars_. In fact, the etymology of _planet_ is to _wander_.

There is a term which, in Japanese, refers to _fixed stars_ , 恒星{こうせい}. This
is probably the term you are then looking for. I suspect (I'm not a native
speaker) that this is a somewhat Intechnical term. But, I also believe that
when one says星{ほし}, what comes to mind for most listeners will be just what we
think of as "star".
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