ぱらぱらsprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)

雨(あめ)がパラパラと降(ふ)っています。

The rain is sprinkling down. {sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)}

ご飯(はん)の上(うえ)にふりかけをパラパラと振(ふ)りかける。

Sprinkle the furikake sparsely over the rice. {sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)}

その生徒(せいと)はただ教科書(きょうかしょ)をパラパラめくっているだけだ。

That student is just flipping through the textbook. {sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)}

今日(きょう)の居酒屋(いざかや)の客(きゃく)の入(い)りはパラパラで、あまり繁盛(はんじょう)していない。

The customer turnout at the pub today is sparse, it's not very prosperous. {sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)}

雑誌(ざっし)をパラパラとめくっていたら、面白(おもしろ)そうな記事(きじ)が目(め)に飛(と)び込(こ)んできた。

While I was casually flipping through the magazine, an interesting article caught my eye. {sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering, flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling, sparse, scattered, sporadic, crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)}