Doubled (ぺらぺら) · #450 by frequency
へらへら ヘラヘラ
(laughing) foolishly
Senses
- (laughing) foolishly, (smiling) thoughtlessly
- indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly
- thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy
- flaring up, bursting into flames
Family
Across, the shapes this root takes; down, light and heavy, the heavy forms marked with ゛.
| Doubled | -っと | |
|---|---|---|
| Light | へらへら(laughing) foolishly | |
| Light | ぺらぺらfluently (speaking a foreign language) | ぺらっとflipping (e.g. a page) |
| Heavy | べらべらnon-stop talking |
See へらへら on Jisho.