瞬まばたき

also: またたき · まだたき · めばたき

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瞬きする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

The act of blinking or winking; used as a noun or with する for the action.

Only with reading またたき / まだたき

Describes the intermittent shining of stars or lights; typically read またたき. The reading まだたき is obsolete.

瞬まばたきするto blink (one's eyes)
猫ねこは驚おどろいて瞬まばたきした。
The cat blinked in surprise.
星ほしの瞬まばたきthe twinkling of stars
星ほしの瞬まばたきが夜よ空ぞらを彩いろどっていた。
The twinkling of the stars adorned the night sky.
瞬まばたき一ひとつしないnot to blink even once (used for intense concentration or shock)
彼かれは瞬まばたき一ひとつせずに画が面めんを見みつめていた。
He stared at the screen without blinking once.
瞬まばたきの間あいだにin the blink of an eye; in an instant
瞬まばたきの間あいだに景色けしきが変かわった。
The scenery changed in the blink of an eye.

ウインク sense 1
瞬き is an often involuntary blink of both eyes, while ウインク is a deliberate wink with one eye used as a gesture.
点てん滅めつN1sense 2
瞬き describes the natural, often poetic twinkling of stars or light, while 点滅 refers to the mechanical on-off flashing of a light or signal.
パチパチN1
パチパチ describes eyes blinking rapidly and repeatedly, whereas まばたき is the plain, neutral noun for a single blink or blinking in general.
しばしばN3
まばたき is the neutral noun/verb for blinking in general, while しばしば specifically stresses rapid, repeated blinking, often from irritation or emotion.

瞬しゅん間かんN3
瞬き (blink) and 瞬間 (moment, instant) share the kanji 瞬 and are easily confused visually, but 瞬間 means a point in time, not the act of blinking.
瞬またたくN1
瞬く is the verb meaning 'to blink/twinkle', while 瞬き is the noun for the act of blinking itself and is far more common in everyday speech.
ウインク
瞬き is an involuntary or natural blink of both eyes, whereas ウインク is a deliberate closing of just one eye as a signal or flirtation.

回かいN4
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.
度どN4
Counts times/occasions like 回, but often for one-off or notable occasions (一度 = once).

Compound of 目 (me, 'eye') + 叩く (hataku, 'to strike') with sound change, or from 瞬く (matataku, 'to twinkle/blink'). The exact derivation is uncertain.