"瞬く" meaning in Japanese

See 瞬く in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (tataku, “hit, bat”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|目|叩く|t1=eye|t2=hit, bat|tr1=ma|tr2=tataku}} 目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (tataku, “hit, bat”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|またたく|tr=trans|type=1}} 瞬(またた)く • (matataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(またた)き (matataki), past 瞬(またた)いた (matataita)) Forms: 瞬く [canonical] (ruby: (またた)), matataku [romanization], 瞬き [stem] (ruby: (またた)), 瞬いた [past] (ruby: (またた)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 瞬か [error-unrecognized-form], またたか [error-unrecognized-form], matataka [error-unrecognized-form], 瞬き [error-unrecognized-form], またたき [error-unrecognized-form], matataki [error-unrecognized-form], 瞬く [error-unrecognized-form], またたく [error-unrecognized-form], matataku [error-unrecognized-form], 瞬け [error-unrecognized-form], またたけ [error-unrecognized-form], matatake [error-unrecognized-form], 瞬かれる [passive], またたかれる [passive], matatakareru [passive], 瞬かせる [causative], 瞬かす [causative], またたかせる [causative], またたかす [causative], matatakaseru [causative], matatakasu [causative], 瞬ける [potential], またたける [potential], matatakeru [potential], 瞬こう [volitional], またたこう [volitional], matatakō [volitional], 瞬かない [negative], またたかない [negative], matatakanai [negative], 瞬かず [continuative, negative], またたかず [continuative, negative], matatakazu [continuative, negative], 瞬きます [formal], またたきます [formal], matatakimasu [formal], 瞬いた [perfective], またたいた [perfective], matataita [perfective], 瞬いて [conjunctive], またたいて [conjunctive], matataite [conjunctive], 瞬けば [conditional, hypothetical], またたけば [conditional, hypothetical], matatakeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to twinkle (e.g. stars)
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-HY3ZE4~e Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13
  2. to flicker
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-jk9T~N1S Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13
  3. to waver
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-tcpsCXDW Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 15 20 16 14 12 12 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 8 9 49 11 8 7 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 9 54 9 8 7 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 12 15 27 12 13 11 11 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 7 9 54 10 8 6 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 9 11 68 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 15 24 13 13 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 12 41 9 10 9 9
  4. to blink (e.g. one's eyes); to wink Categories (topical): Vision
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-ni42FV~q Disambiguation of Vision: 8 12 12 37 10 10 10 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: 瞬く [canonical] (ruby: (まばた)), mabataku [romanization], 瞬き [stem] (ruby: (まばた)), 瞬いた [past] (ruby: (まばた))
Etymology: Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (hataku, “hit, bat”). The -hataku changes to -bataku as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|目|叩く|t1=eye|t2=hit, bat|tr1=ma|tr2=hataku}} 目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (hataku, “hit, bat”), {{sortkey|ja|瞬く}} またたく, {{rendaku2|-hataku|-bataku}} The -hataku changes to -bataku as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-verb|まばたく|tr=trans|type=1}} 瞬(まばた)く • (mabataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(まばた)き (mabataki), past 瞬(まばた)いた (mabataita))
  1. to twinkle, to flicker, (of light) to blink
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-Gum~xHT1 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: 瞬く [canonical] (ruby: (しばたた)), shibatataku [romanization], 瞬き [stem] (ruby: (しばたた)), 瞬いた [past] (ruby: (しばたた))
Etymology: Compound of 屡 (shiba, “repeatedly”) + 叩く (tataku, “hit, bat”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|屡|叩く|t1=repeatedly|t2=hit, bat|tr1=shiba|tr2=tataku}} 屡 (shiba, “repeatedly”) + 叩く (tataku, “hit, bat”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|しばたたく|tr=trans|type=1}} 瞬(しばたた)く • (shibatataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(しばたた)き (shibatataki), past 瞬(しばたた)いた (shibatataita))
  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-f4se2r87 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

Forms: 瞬く [canonical] (ruby: (しばた)), shibataku [romanization], 瞬き [stem] (ruby: (しばた)), 瞬いた [past] (ruby: (しばた))
Etymology: Contraction of 瞬く (shibatataku). Head templates: {{ja-verb|しばたく|tr=trans|type=1}} 瞬(しばた)く • (shibataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(しばた)き (shibataki), past 瞬(しばた)いた (shibataita))
  1. to blink one's eyes repeatedly
    Sense id: en-瞬く-ja-verb-f4se2r871 Categories (other): Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku: 14 15 15 14 14 14 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 14 15 15 16 14 13 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "目",
        "3": "叩く",
        "t1": "eye",
        "t2": "hit, bat",
        "tr1": "ma",
        "tr2": "tataku"
      },
      "expansion": "目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (tataku, “hit, bat”)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (tataku, “hit, bat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "瞬く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瞬",
          "またた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matataku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬き",
      "roman": "matataki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瞬",
          "またた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬いた",
      "roman": "matataita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瞬",
          "またた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-ku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬か",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたか",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matataka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬き",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたき",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matataki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬く",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたく",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matataku",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬け",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたけ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatake",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬かれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたかれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬かせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬かす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたかせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたかす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬ける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたける",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬こう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたこう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬かない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたかない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬かず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたかず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬きます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬いた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたいた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matataita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬いて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたいて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matataite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬けば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "またたけば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matatakeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "またたく",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "瞬(またた)く • (matataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(またた)き (matataki), past 瞬(またた)いた (matataita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 14 14 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 16 14 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to twinkle (e.g. stars)"
      ],
      "id": "en-瞬く-ja-verb-HY3ZE4~e",
      "links": [
        [
          "twinkle",
          "twinkle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 14 14 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 16 14 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to flicker"
      ],
      "id": "en-瞬く-ja-verb-jk9T~N1S",
      "links": [
        [
          "flicker",
          "flicker"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 15 20 16 14 12 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 14 14 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 9 49 11 8 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 54 9 8 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 16 14 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 15 27 12 13 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 9 54 10 8 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 68 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 15 24 13 13 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 9 10 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to waver"
      ],
      "id": "en-瞬く-ja-verb-tcpsCXDW",
      "links": [
        [
          "waver",
          "waver"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 14 14 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 16 14 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 12 12 37 10 10 10",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Vision",
          "orig": "ja:Vision",
          "parents": [
            "Senses",
            "Perception",
            "Body",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to blink (e.g. one's eyes); to wink"
      ],
      "id": "en-瞬く-ja-verb-ni42FV~q",
      "links": [
        [
          "blink",
          "blink"
        ],
        [
          "wink",
          "wink"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "瞬く"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "目",
        "3": "叩く",
        "t1": "eye",
        "t2": "hit, bat",
        "tr1": "ma",
        "tr2": "hataku"
      },
      "expansion": "目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (hataku, “hit, bat”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "瞬く"
      },
      "expansion": "またたく",
      "name": "sortkey"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-hataku",
        "2": "-bataku"
      },
      "expansion": "The -hataku changes to -bataku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
      "name": "rendaku2"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compound of 目 (ma, “eye”) + 叩く (hataku, “hit, bat”). The -hataku changes to -bataku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "瞬く",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瞬",
          "まばた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mabataku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬き",
      "roman": "mabataki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瞬",
          "まばた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "瞬いた",
      "roman": "mabataita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瞬",
          "まばた"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "まばたく",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "瞬(まばた)く • (mabataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(まばた)き (mabataki), past 瞬(まばた)いた (mabataita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 14 14 14 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -ku",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 15 15 16 14 13 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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      "form": "matatakareru",
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      "form": "matatakaseru",
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      "form": "matatakanai",
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  "word": "瞬く"
}

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  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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  ],
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  "title": "瞬く",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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