ぺらぺら

Japanese

Alternative spelling
ペラペラ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らぺら [péꜜràpèrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [pe̞ɾa̠pe̞ɾa̠]

Adverb

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

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

  1. Same as above.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) らぺら [pèrápérá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [pe̞ɾa̠pe̞ɾa̠]

Adjective

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

References

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