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瞬く[またたく] (matataku)

twinkle; wink

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Meaning

瞬く (またたく, matataku) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “twinkle; wink”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 11

食事しょくじは瞬またたく間まになくなった

The meal vanished in no time.

星ほしが空そらに瞬またたいていた。

The stars were twinkling in the sky.

漁火いさりびが島影しまかげに瞬またたく。Fires

Fishing lights flicker in the shadow of the island.

ランプの火ひが霧きりの中なかで瞬またたいた。

The light of the lamp glimmered in the fog.

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