See also: バー

Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

パー or ぱあ (

  1. (rock paper scissors) paper
    Coordinate terms: グー, パー, チョキ
  2. (by extension) open hand with fingers splayed
  3. (by extension) coming to nothing; the state of having lost everything

Etymology 2 edit

Shortened from パーセント. Compare Taiwanese Mandarin % ().

Noun edit

パー (

  1. (colloquial) Short for パーセント (pāsento, percent).

Etymology 3 edit

From English par.

Noun edit

パー (

  1. (golf) par
    • 2014, Kawakami Ken'ichi, Raibaru [Rivals]‎[1]:
      ティーショットは(あん)(てい)していないからパーオンに()()(はっ)()だし、やっとパーやボギーを(ひろ)っているという()(ぶん)(こころ)()ちていてスコアが(わる)いとばかり(おも)っていたのだ。
      Tī shotto wa antei shiteinai kara pāon ni shikuhakku da shi, yatto ya bogī o hirotteiru to iu kibun ga kokoro ni michiteite sukoa ga warui to bakari omotteita no da.
      I worried that my tee shots were inconsistent so I struggled to get on the green in regulation and felt like I was just making par or bogey, so I was always thinking my score was bad.
Derived terms edit
  • パーオン (pāon, on the green in regulation, literally par on)