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瞬く

瞬く

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S

Verb

瞬く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana またたく, romaji matataku)

  1. to twinkle (e.g. stars)
  2. to flicker
  3. to waver
  4. to blink (e.g. one's eyes); to wink
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Compound of (ma, eye) + 叩く (hataku, hit, bat). -hataku voices to -bataku due to rendaku.

Verb

瞬く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana まばたく, romaji mabataku)

  1. to twinkle, to flicker, (of light) to blink

Etymology 3

Compound of (shiba, repeatedly) + 叩く (tataku, hit, bat).

Verb

瞬く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しばたたく, romaji shibatataku)

  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly

Etymology 4

Contraction of 瞬く (shibatataku).

Verb

瞬く (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しばたく, romaji shibataku)

  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly