The Japanese dictionary for learners.

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Examples:

ぱらぱら ぱらぱら

  1. pattering; sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.)
  2. flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling
  3. scattered; sparse; sporadic
  4. crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese); loose; non-sticky (e.g. rice)
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A free dictionary built on open data (JMdict, KANJIDIC2, Tatoeba). Try a word like 食べる, a kanji like 水, or find a kanji by its parts in the radical search. New to kana, kanji or JLPT? Read the glossary, or see fudami and its data sources.