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to twinkle (e.g. stars)
  1. 1 to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver
  2. 2 to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat — またたく is sometimes used transitively
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· examples

  • A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.

    sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)

  • The stars were twinkling in the sky.

    sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)

  • The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.

    sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)

  • The light of the lamp glimmered in the fog.

    sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)

  • In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

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