星が空に瞬いていた。

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星 が 空 に 瞬いていた 。

English Translation

The stars were twinkling in the sky.

Furigana

星(ほし)が空(そら)に瞬(まばた)いていた。

Romanji

Hoshi ga sora ni mabataiteita.

Words

星 (ほし)

star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon); offender; perpetrator (police slang)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

瞬く (またたく、しばたたく、しばたく、まばたく、めたたく、めばたく)

to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink

Kanji

星

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 ほし、 -ぼし

Meanings: star, spot, dot, mark

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

瞬

Readings: シュン、 またた.く、 まじろ.ぐ

Meanings: wink, blink, twinkle