JLPT N3 · Mimetic words: sounds

ぱらぱら

sprinkling; flipping pages

Stroke order of ぱらぱら

4 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ぱ · 5 strokes ら · 2 strokes ぱ · 5 strokes ら · 2 strokes

Memory trick

PARA-PARA — 'pa-rah' rain scatters a few drops, pages flip.

Parts: Mimetic adverb; light scattered drops or page flipping.

The characters in ぱらぱら

ぱぱ — pa (5 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
ぱぱ — pa (5 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)

Example sentence

雨がぱらぱら降ってきた。

あめがぱらぱらふってきた。

It started to sprinkle.

More words: Mimetic words: sounds

がたがたrattling しとしとdrizzling gently ぽたぽたdripping ざわざわbuzzing (crowd); rustling がやがやnoisy chatter しーんとdead silent がちゃんclang; crash ばたんslam; bang どすんthud とんとんknock knock; tapping ぐうぐうsnoring; stomach growling ばりばりcrunching; energetically ぱちぱちclapping; crackling

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