How to say sprinkle in Japanese

パラパラPARAPARAぱらぱらparapara Inflection

noun:

  • disco dancing with synchronized arm motions

~と adverb:

  • falling in (large) drops (e.g. rain, hail); sprinkle (e.g. rain, salt); pattering; clattering (e.g. hail) - onomatopoeia
  • flipping through a book; thumbing through a book; riffling cards - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adjectival noun:

  • sparse; scattered (e.g. clumps of grass) - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / ~の noun:

  • crumbly (e.g. tofu, cheese, non-sticky rice); loose and falling apart - onomatopoeia

Example Sentences

縁起enginishiowoまいてmaite清めるkiyomeru
We sprinkle salt to ward off bad luck.
amegaぱらぱらparapara降り出しましたfuridashimashita
It began to sprinkle.
とりあえずtoriaezumisenomae掃除soujishiといてtoiteくれkure」「了解ryoukai!」「打ち水uchimizumo頼むtanomu
"Clean up in front of the shop first." "OK!" "Sprinkle some water out there too."
気晴らしkibarashiwo求めるmotomeru王女oujono意欲iyokuhaとどまるtodomaruところtokorowo知りshiriませmasenでしdeshitaそのsonoためtamewatashiたちtachihaそうしたsoushita気晴らしkibarashiniそれsorewoいっそうissou刺激shigekitekinaものmononishiうるuru新たaratana調味choumiryouwo加えるkuwaeruことkotoばかりbakariwo考えkangaeteiましmashita
The princess's taste for pleasures was expanding; and we thought only about how to sprinkle on them new seasonings, so as to give them more spice.

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