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きらきら is an exact match with one form of the following word:
キラキラ
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glitter; sparkle; glisten; twinkle  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 6 (among the 15,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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キラキラ is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 8,000 (about 94,100,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 17219
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Example sentences:
そら
たいよう
太陽
キラキラ
ひか
っている

The sun was sparkling in the sky.
ちょうよう
朝陽
きらきら
ひか
って
ひろ
から
うきぐも
浮雲
ひと
にし
西
ほう
ゆるく
なが
れてゆきます

The morning light sparkled brightly, with a single cloud floating lazily through the expansive sky, heading westward.
もう
よほど
のぼ
って
まわりみんなきらきらしていました
Everything around me was glittering in the sun, which had been up for a while already.
Source: ポラーノの広場 宮沢賢治, translation by Bunsuke)
きらきら
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 32,000 (about 18,000,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1565 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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