瞬く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
瞬
Grade: S

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. to twinkle (e.g. stars)
  2. to flicker
  3. to waver
  4. to blink (e.g. one's eyes); to wink
Conjugation
Conjugation of "瞬く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 瞬か またたか matataka
Continuative (連用形) 瞬き またたき matataki
Terminal (終止形) 瞬く またたく matataku
Attributive (連体形) 瞬く またたく matataku
Hypothetical (仮定形) 瞬け またたけ matatake
Imperative (命令形) 瞬け またたけ matatake
Key constructions
Passive 瞬かれる またたかれる matatakareru
Causative 瞬かせる
瞬かす		 またたかせる
またたかす		 matatakaseru
matatakasu
Potential 瞬ける またたける matatakeru
Volitional 瞬こう またたこう matatakō
Negative 瞬かない またたかない matatakanai
Negative continuative 瞬かず またたかず matatakazu
Formal 瞬きます またたきます matatakimasu
Perfective 瞬いた またたいた matataita
Conjunctive 瞬いて またたいて matataite
Hypothetical conditional 瞬けば またたけば matatakeba

Etymology 2

Compound of 目 (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, rōmaji mabataku)

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

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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

  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly
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