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表層形
ぺらっぺらっ
ペラッペラッ
形状詞

ぺらっぺらっ (ペラッペラッ)

Perappera · ぺらっぺらっ — (laughing) foolishly, (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly; thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy

Other ways to say “foolishly” in Japanese →

ぺらっぺらっ in rōmaji: perappera.

形状詞 一般 * *
📝 ぺらぺら 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年10月7日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
ぺらっぺらっ
見出し語 (Lemma)
ぺらぺら
読み (Reading)
ペラッペラッ
品詞 (POS)
形状詞・一般・*・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
ぺらっぺらっ
読み・基本形
ペラッペラッ
表記・基本形
ぺらっぺらっ
見出し語の読み
ペラペラ
💡 English Meaning

ぺらっぺらっ means “(laughing) foolishly, (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly; thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy” — full definition & examples →

⭐ Dictionary Form

べらべら (ベラベラ) — main entry →

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The surface form (ぺらっぺらっ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (ぺらぺら) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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