Doubled (ぺらぺら) · #450 by frequency

へらへら ヘラヘラ

(laughing) foolishly

Senses

  1. (laughing) foolishly, (smiling) thoughtlessly
  2. indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly
  3. thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy
  4. flaring up, bursting into flames arch

Family

Across, the shapes this root takes; down, light and heavy, the heavy forms marked with ゛.

See へらへら on Jisho.