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Light & Sparkle

ちらりちらり

chirari-chirari

Intermittent flickering or glimpses

Light appearing and disappearing intermittently—firelight through trees, stars between clouds, or lights glimpsed through curtains.

💡Used for flickering lights seen through foliage, intermittent stars, or glimpses of light through gaps.

Example

木々の間からちらりちらりと街の灯りが見えた。

City lights flickered intermittently through the gaps in the trees.

Quiz yourself

Stars ___ appeared between the passing clouds.

流れる雲の間から星が___と見えた。

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