"ぱたぱた" meaning in Japanese

See ぱたぱた in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [pa̠ta̠pa̠ta̠] Forms: ぱたぱた [canonical], パタパタ [canonical], patapata [romanization]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|ja}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|パタパタ}} ぱたぱた or パタパタ • (patapata)
  1. sound of something flapping
    Sense id: en-ぱたぱた-ja-adv-mA0-4pMN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 65 35 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 65 35 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 65 35 0
  2. pitter-patter
    Sense id: en-ぱたぱた-ja-adv-WheX~74M Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese onomatopoeias: 40 60 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 0
  3. quickly
    Sense id: en-ぱたぱた-ja-adv-oJPT9ez~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: パタパタ時計 (patapata-dokei) (ruby: 時計(どけい)) (english: flip clock) Related terms: はたはた (hatahata), ばたばた (batabata)

Alternative forms

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    {
      "ipa": "[pa̠ta̠pa̠ta̠]"
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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "patapata-dokei",
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      "ipa": "[pa̠ta̠pa̠ta̠]"
    }
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Download raw JSONL data for ぱたぱた meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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