[ななつぼし, nanatsuboshi] (n) (1) (See 北斗七星) Big Dipper; (2) (See 七曜・1) family crest representing the seven luminaries (with one central circle surrounded by six other circles); (3) (See 真鰯) Japanese pilchard; Japanese sardine (Sardinops melanostictus)
[しちようせい, shichiyousei] (n) (1) (See 北斗七星) the Big Dipper; the Plough; the Plow; (2) (See 七曜・1) the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn)