瞬く

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
またた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology 1

Compound of (ma, eye) +‎ 叩く (tataku, hit, bat).

Verb

(またた) (matatakutransitive godan (stem (またた) (matataki), past (またた)いた (matataita))

  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

Kanji in this term
まばた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Compound of (ma, eye) +‎ 叩く (hataku, hit, bat). The -hataku changes to -bataku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Verb

(まばた) (mabatakutransitive godan (stem (まばた) (mabataki), past (まばた)いた (mabataita))

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

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しばたた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

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

Verb

(しばたた) (shibatatakutransitive godan (stem (しばたた) (shibatataki), past (しばたた)いた (shibatataita))

  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
しばた
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Contraction of 瞬く (shibatataku).

Verb

(しばた) (shibatakutransitive godan (stem (しばた) (shibataki), past (しばた)いた (shibataita))

  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly