Vocab Info

A19 Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle, No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

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)

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle

      1.

      sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2. Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle

      2.

      flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    3. No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle

      3.

      sparse, scattered, sporadic

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    4. No-adjective, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' Particle

      4.

      crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)

      Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    All Forms

    ぱらぱらパラパラ

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      (あめ)がパラパラと()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)}

      (はん)(うえ)にふりかけをパラパラと()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)居酒屋(いざかや)(きゃく)()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)()()()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)}

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