Word · 単語
瞬く
Reading またたく
to twinkle (e.g. stars)
- 1 to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver
- 2 to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat — またたく is sometimes used transitively
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例文 · examples
漁火が島影に瞬く。
A fishing light wavers under the lee of an island.
sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)
星が空に瞬いていた。
The stars were twinkling in the sky.
sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)
ろうそくの火がそよ風に瞬いている。
The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.
sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)
ランプの火が霧の中で瞬いた。
The light of the lamp glimmered in the fog.
sense 1 · to twinkle (e.g. stars)
瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。
In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.