Japanese Words which Start with P

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Re: Japanese Words which Start with P

Postby vonPeterhof » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:39 pm

The page I linked to also has ぴんぴん (lively). Off the top of my head there's also ぷにぷに (squishy), ぽかぽか (nice and warm), ぴかぴか (sparkle), ぽろり (dripping) and ぱっちり ("open wide" or "big and beautiful", both in reference to eyes).
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Re: Japanese Words which Start with P

Postby dampingwire » Fri Oct 16, 2015 8:19 pm

Monox D. I-Fly wrote:Any of pa/pi/pu/pe/po.
What's the meaning of ぱっと?
And by "sparle", did you mean "sparkle"?


Sorry - edited to be clearer and less typo-ridden :-)
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Re: Japanese Words which Start with P

Postby Monox D. I-Fly » Fri Oct 16, 2015 11:16 pm

dampingwire wrote:
Monox D. I-Fly wrote:Any of pa/pi/pu/pe/po.
What's the meaning of ぱっと?
And by "sparle", did you mean "sparkle"?


Sorry - edited to be clearer and less typo-ridden :-)


Oh, okay then.
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