瞬き

• 読み: まばたき
• ローマ字: mabataki
• 漢字の分解: 瞬 (mabata) — blink, instant, twinkle
• 発音: /ma.ba.ta.ki/

意味

Blink; blinking of the eyes. The brief closing and opening of the eyelids.

A noun and suru verb referring to the involuntary or voluntary closing of the eyelids. Written in kanji as 瞬き but also commonly seen in hiragana as まばたき. Used literally for eye blinking and figuratively for extremely short durations (瞬きする間に, in the blink of an eye). Related to 瞬間 (shunkan, moment/instant), which shares the kanji 瞬.

例文

1. 緊張すると瞬きの回数が増えると言われている。
2. 瞬きする間もなく車が目の前を通り過ぎた。
3. 赤ちゃんがじっとこちらを見て瞬きもしなかった。

使い方ガイド

場面: daily life, health, figurative expressions, literature

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Japanese 瞬く (mabataku, to blink), which derives from 目 (ma, eye) + はたく (hataku, to flap/flick). The kanji 瞬 means 'to twinkle' or 'an instant,' reflecting the momentary nature of a blink.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal