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Questions about putting furigana that differ from the original standard reading of the parent kanji.

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Why use the kanji compound 惑星 for ほし?

ほし means any heavenly body except the sun and the moon. And while ほし is most often heard used with stars, it is also used for "planet". This could just be related to lyrics in that both kanji mean p …
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