Entry
  1. Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Suru verb

    flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap

    Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    ぱたぱたと足跡を立てて、エントランスへと駆けてゆく。
    With a pitter-patter of footsteps she runs off to the entrance.
  2. Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle

    pitter-patter (of footsteps)

    Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

  3. quickly (making progress); in quick succession

    Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

Also written ぱたぱた

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