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Keyword
blink
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig880
Readings
Composed of
目
eye
爫
claw (radical)
冖
roof without a chimney
舛
dancing legs
Mnemonic

You see with your eyes a pair of huge claws on the roof of a ballroom house, waiting to strike, and a bunch of dancing legs inside. Once the guests finish dancing and try to leave the animal will pounce down from the roof and bite down their necks in a blink of an eye. Don't blink, or you'll miss it.

Used in vocabulary (36 in total)
moment; second; instant
instant; moment; for an instant
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
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Examples (45 in total)
He doesn't like to wait until the last moment to do something.
It changed in an instant.
For a moment, I thought I was going to die.
There was a momentary pause.
I want to enjoy this moment.
A great number of people were killed in a moment.
A good idea came across his mind at the last moment.
For a moment, he thought of going after the man.
The moment I heard the footsteps, I knew who it was.
This moment will be recorded in history.
It was at that very moment that the bomb went off.
I knew I'd broken my wrist the moment I fell.
I noticed her the moment she got off the bus.
At that moment tears ran down the old man's face.
Stars were twinkling in the night sky.
The stars were twinkling in the sky.
The stars are twinkling in the sky.
The light of the lamp glimmered in the fog.
The news spread quickly.
The hairstyle soon became popular among young people.
The world will change in an instant.
The rumor quickly spread.
It will only take a moment to answer the question.
Countless stars twinkled in the night sky.
I saw her for a moment, but then lost sight of her in the crowd.
Computers are capable of doing very complicated work in a split second.
On average, how many times per minute does a person blink?
I've been waiting eagerly for this moment.
They fell in love the moment their eyes met.
I thought for a moment Tom was going to start laughing.
The moment that I met Tom, I just knew that we'd get along.
I lost my sense of reality at that moment.
Tom held his breath for a moment.
He held his breath for a moment.
Jim fell in love with Mary the moment he met her.
Fanned by a strong wind, the fire spread in an instant.
To my amazement, it disappeared in an instant.
The moment the wind blew in, the candle went out.
The candle's flame is flickering in the soft breeze.
The night sky was dark blue, and the stars were twinkling.
At that instant it exploded with a great noise.
The moment I entered the swimming pool, my nose started bleeding.
The jet plane flew away in an instant.
I took a picture at the decisive moment.
From that moment on, the town was recognized as Esteban's town.