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)
- to twinkle (e.g. stars)
- to flicker
- to waver
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- to blink one's eyes repeatedly