Translation guide
Describes a light that flickers or shines with a rapid, intermittent gleam, like stars or distant lights.
Describe stars or other celestial bodies shining with a flickering light.
The most common verb for twinkling of stars. Can also be used for lights in general.
The stars are twinkling.
Implies a sparkling, glittering twinkle, often with a sense of beauty or brilliance.
The stars were twinkling in the night sky.
Noun form of 瞬く, meaning a twinkle or flicker.
The twinkling of the stars is beautiful.
Describe lights such as city lights, candles, or lamps that flicker or shimmer from a distance.
Works for any light that flickers on and off, including distant city lights.
The distant streetlights are twinkling.
Onomatopoeic adverb describing a flickering or intermittent light, often used for candles or small lights.
Can be used for artificial lights that sparkle, like city lights at night.
Describe eyes that shine or sparkle with emotion, or a fleeting expression.
Means to shine or sparkle, often used for eyes full of life or emotion. Not strictly 'twinkling' but conveys a similar bright, lively gleam.
Her eyes are twinkling.
Onomatopoeic adverb for sparkling or glittering, often used for eyes shining with excitement or tears.
Refer to a very short period of time, as in 'in the twinkling of an eye'.
ろうそくの火がちらちらと揺れている。
The candle flame is flickering (twinkling).
夜景がきらめいている。
The night view is twinkling.
子供たちの目がきらきらと輝いていた。
The children's eyes were twinkling.
A year passed in the twinkling of an eye.