JLPT N4 · Onomatopoeia

ぺらぺら

fluent

Stroke order of ぺらぺら

4 characters, 8 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

ぺ · 2 strokes ら · 2 strokes ぺ · 2 strokes ら · 2 strokes

Memory trick

PERA-PERA — flapping 'pair-a pair-a' pages of fluent chatter.

Parts: adverb/na-adj; usually fluent speech

The characters in ぺらぺら

ぺぺ — pe (2 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)
ぺぺ — pe (2 strokes)
らら — ra (2 strokes)

Example sentence

彼女は英語がぺらぺらです。

かのじょはえいごがぺらぺらです。

She is fluent in English.

More words: Onomatopoeia

そわそわrestless; fidgety がっかりdisappointed にこにこsmiling どきどきheart pounding わくわくexcited いらいらirritated ぴかぴかsparkling; shiny ぐっすりsoundly (sleep)ばらばらscattered; in pieces ごろごろlazing around; rumbling ざあざあpouring (rain)のんびりrelaxed; carefree すっきりrefreshed; neat ぺこぺこstarving きらきらglittering がらがらempty; rattling

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