きらきら

See also: ぎらぎら

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らきら [kíꜜràkìrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kʲiɾa̠kʲiɾa̠]
  • (file)

Adverb

きらきら or キラキラ (kirakira) 

  1. (onomatopoeia) glitter, glisten, twinkle
    (ほし)きらきら(ひか)
    hoshi ga kirakira hikaru
    the stars are twinkling

Derived terms

Verb

きらきらする or キラキラする (kirakira suru) suru (stem きらきらし (kirakira shi), past きらきらした (kirakira shita))

  1. glitter, glisten, gleam

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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