瞬い (シバタタイ)
Shibatatai · しばたたい — to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver; to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat; to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
Other ways to say “to twinkle” in Japanese →
瞬い in rōmaji: shibatatai.
| 表層形 (Surface) |
瞬い
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|---|---|
| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
瞬く
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| 読み (Reading) |
シバタタイ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-カ行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
連用形-イ音便
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
瞬い
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| 読み・基本形 |
シバタタク
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| 表記・基本形 |
瞬く
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| 見出し語の読み |
シバタタク
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Used in literary or expressive contexts to describe stars twinkling, light flickering, or eyes blinking rapidly; more poetic than 瞬く(まばたく), which is everyday.
夜空で星が瞬いている。
Yozora de hoshi ga shibatatte iru.
Stars are twinkling in the night sky.
彼女は驚いて目を瞬いた。
Kanojo wa odoroite me o shibatatta.
She blinked her eyes in surprise.
⚖️ Commonly confused with 瞬く(またたく), which means the same but is more standard; 瞬く(しばたたく) carries a softer, more literary nuance.
瞬い means “to twinkle (e.g. stars), to flicker, to waver; to blink (one's eyes), to wink, to bat; to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly” — full definition & examples →
| ます形 (Polite) |
瞬きます
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| て形 (Te-form) |
瞬いて
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| 過去形 (Past) |
瞬いた
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
瞬かない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
瞬きましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
瞬ける
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
瞬かれる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
瞬かせる
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