ぱらぱら
common
ぱらぱら (parapara)、 パラパラ (parapara)
- 1. [adv, adv-to] sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering (on-mim)
- 2. [adv, adv-to] flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling (on-mim)
- 3. [adj-no, adj-na, adv, adv-to] sparse; scattered; sporadic (on-mim)
- 4. [adj-no, adj-na, adv, adv-to] crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese); loose; non-sticky (e.g. rice) (on-mim)
Conjugation — Adjective (―na)
This word itself does not change -- these are forms of the copula だ ("to be") attached to it.
| Attributive (before a noun) | ぱらぱらな | (paraparana) |
| Non-past, plain | ぱらぱらだ | (paraparada) |
| Non-past, polite | ぱらぱらです | (paraparadesu) |
| Past, plain | ぱらぱらだった | (paraparadatta) |
| Past, polite | ぱらぱらでした | (paraparadeshita) |
| Negative, plain | ぱらぱらじゃない | (paraparajanai) |
| Negative, polite | ぱらぱらじゃないです | (paraparajanaidesu) |
| Past negative, plain | ぱらぱらじゃなかった | (paraparajanakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | ぱらぱらじゃなかったです | (paraparajanakattadesu) |
| Te-form | ぱらぱらで | (paraparade) |
| Conditional (―nara) | ぱらぱらなら | (paraparanara) |
Example Sentences
屋根には雨がぱらぱら落ちていた。
Rain was pattering on the roof.