Illustration: On a Japanese apartment balcony just after rain, a child gently shakes a small potted plant. Droplets scattered across its leaves catch the newly emerged sunlight in many sharp, separate glints, while several falling beads flash between the plant and its saucer.

キラキラ

kirakira

sparkling, twinkling

Example sentences

星ほしがキラキラしてる。
Stars are shining.
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彼女かのじょの目めは喜よろこびでキラキラしてた。
Her eyes sparkled with joy.
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わあ、きれい。海うみがきらきらしてる。
Wow, that’s pretty. The sea is shining.
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