Illustration: Outside a neighborhood greengrocer, the first sparse raindrops fall onto a broad taro leaf and the mostly dry pavement. Individual drops are widely separated, each leaving a small dark spot with plenty of dry ground between them.

ぱらぱら

parapara

lightly, with a patter

Example sentences

雨あめがぱらぱら降ふり出だしました。
It began to sprinkle.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
雨あめがパラパラと降ふっている。
There’s a bit of rain. / It is sprinkling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
屋根やねには雨あめがぱらぱら落おちていた。
Rain was pattering on the roof.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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