ひらひら

Japanese

Pronunciation

(adverb):

(noun):

  • (Tokyo) ひらひら [hìráhírá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [çiɾa̠çiɾa̠]

Adverb

ひらひら or ヒラヒラ • (hirahira) 

  1. with a flicker
  2. with a flutter
    • 2025 May 12, 仁比聡平 [Sōhei Nihi], quotee, “第217回国会　参議院　決算委員会　第5号　令和7年5月12日 [217th Diet House of Councilors Settlement Committee No. 5 May 12, 2025]”, in 国会会議録検索システム [Diet Proceedings Search System]‎[1], 国立国会図書館 [National Diet Library], retrieved 27 August 2025:
      五円紙幣、一円紙幣もひらひら舞ってきて、それをつかむと形がなくなり、手が真っ黒のすすで汚れました。
      Go en shihei, ichi en shihei mo hirahira matte kite, sore o tsukamu to katachi ga naku nari, te ga makkuro no susu de yogore mashita.
      Five yen and one yen notes also fluttered about, and when I grabbed them they disintegrated and my hands became covered in pitch black soot.
  3. just lapping the surface

Noun

ひらひら or ヒラヒラ • (hirahira) 

  1. frill

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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