Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 閃く in Japanese
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閃く
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Kana Readingひらめく
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Romajihirameku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to flash (lightning, etc.); to flicker (lights); to glitter
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to wave; to undulate
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to hit on a good idea; to occur to someone
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Examples of 閃く, ひらめく in a sentence
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The idea of surprising her suddenly crossed my mind.
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A wonderful idea just ran through my mind.
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その学生は科学を専攻していたから頭の回転がものすごく速くて、すぐ様何かひらめいてこう言ったわ。
Being a science student, one naturally thinks quickly, so the student snapped up and replied.
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ずば抜けた着想というのは、往々にして天啓のごとくヒラメクようだ。
Sometimes the most inspired ideas seem to just come from out of the blue.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 閃く
- Plain Polite
- 閃きます
- Negative
- 閃かない
- Negative Polite
- 閃きません
Past
- Plain
- 閃いた
- Plain Polite
- 閃きました
- Negative
- 閃かなかった
- Negative Polite
- 閃きませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 閃いて
- Plain Polite
- 閃きまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 閃かれる
- Plain Polite
- 閃かれます
- Negative
- 閃かれない
- Negative Polite
- 閃かれません