瞬く

Japanese
Kanji in this term
瞬
またた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology 1

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

Verb

瞬(またた)く • (matataku) transitive godan (stem 瞬(またた)き (matataki), past 瞬(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
Conjugation of "瞬く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 瞬か またたか matataka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 瞬き またたき matataki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 瞬く またたく matataku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 瞬く またたく matataku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 瞬け またたけ matatake
Meireikei ("imperative") 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
Kanji in this term
瞬
まばた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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

Verb

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

Etymology 3
Kanji in this term
瞬
しばたた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

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

Verb

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

Etymology 4
Kanji in this term
瞬
しばた
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Contraction of 瞬く (shibatataku).

Verb

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
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