Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
ペラペラ

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

ぺらぺら or ペラペラ (perapera

  1. (onomatopoeia) speak easily, fluently, in one's native language or in a foreign language
  2. (onomatopoeia) (sound produced from) flipping of pages
    ページをぺらぺらめくる
    pēji o perapera to mekuru
    flipping through pages one after another
  3. (onomatopoeia) incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly
    あることないことぺらぺらしゃべる
    arukotonaikoto o perapera shaberu
    incessantly speaking mixture of facts and fictions
  4. very thin, especially cloth or paper

Verb edit

ぺらぺらする or ペラペラする (perapera surusuru (stem ぺらぺら (peraperasuru shi), past ぺらぺらした (peraperasuru shita))

  1. Same as above.
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ぺらぺら or ペラペラ (perapera-na (adnominal ぺらぺら (perapera na na), adverbial ぺらぺら (perapera ni ni))

  1. (onomatopoeia) speak easily, fluently, in one's native language or in a foreign language
    Synonym: 流暢
    (かれ)(えい)()のほかにスペイン()ぺらぺらだ。
    Kare wa Eigo no hoka ni Supein-go mo perapera da.
    He can also speak Spanish fluently on top of English.
  2. very thin, especially cloth or paper
    ぺらぺら(ほん)
    perapera na hon
    a very thin book
Inflection edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN