Illustration: Beside a narrow rural irrigation channel at dusk, a child and grandfather crouch quietly near the grassy bank. Fireflies hover above the water and reeds, some showing tiny bright lights, others only faint glimmers, and several visible as dark insects between flashes.

ちらちら

chirachira

flickering, twinkling

Example sentences

遠とおくで小ちいさな明あかりがちらちらしていた。
Little lights were blinking on and off in the distance.
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ろうそくの火ひがちらちらと揺ゆれている。
The candle flame is flickering.
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古ふるいテレビの画面がめんがちらちらして、見みにくい。
The old TV screen flickers, making it hard to see.
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