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    3. ぱらぱら

    ぱらぱら

    ぱらぱら

    sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.)

    KMT7Ref L1Nature & EnvironmentKana Vocab12 strokes

    ぱらぱらパラパラ

    Adverb, Particle

    1.
    sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.), pattering
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    2.
    flipping (through a book, etc.), riffling
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    Particle, Adjective, Adverb

    3.
    sparse, scattered, sporadic
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word
    4.
    crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese), loose, non-sticky (e.g. rice)
    onomatopoeic or mimetic word

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    雨あめがぱらぱら降ふってきた。

    Rain started to sprinkle down.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography
    彼かれは雑ざっ誌しをぱらぱらとめくった。

    He flipped through the magazine.

    KMT7Daily Life
    桜さくらの花はなびらが風かぜに舞まって、ぱらぱらと地じ面めんに落おちた。

    Cherry blossoms danced in the wind and scattered onto the ground.

    KMT7Nature & Environment
    このチャーハンはご飯はんがぱらぱらで美お味いしい。

    This fried rice is delicious because the rice grains are loose/non-sticky.

    KMT7Food & Dining
    ぱらぱらと降ふる小こ雨さめの中なか、彼かの女じょは傘かさもささずに歩あるいていた。

    She was walking without an umbrella in the sprinkling light rain.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentWeather & Geography

    Kana that make up this word

    ぱ
    pa
    ら
    ra
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