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Adjectives
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pakapakā
adj. [N] thin, skinny
[北] 痩せている,細い
[参] pakā, mānifi.
pakeke
adj. hard, inflexible
硬い,固い
'paku1
n. 1. burn (as noun)
1. やけど
v. 2. be burnt
2. やけどする
'paku2
v. be burnt
焼きすぎる,焦がす
adj. burnt
焦げた
'pala
v. go bad, rot
腐る
adj. rotten
腐った
pālagi volume_up
adj. 1. foreign, European
1. 外国の,西洋の,欧米の
n. 2. foreign people (especially European)
2. 外国人,ヨーロッパ系白人
Used both as an adjective and as a noun. In a narrow sense, it may refer to European Caucasians and Western products or things, and in a broader sense, it may refer to foreigners and foreign things in general. It may have a so-called "gaijin" nuance.
狭義にヨーロッパ系白人や欧米の物を指す場合もあれば,広義に外国人,外国の物全般を指すこともある.いわゆる「ガイジン」というようなニュアンスをもつこともある.
paleka
adj. [N] dirty, filthy
[北] 汚い,不潔な
[参] lailai
pālevaleva
adj. recent past
ここ最近の
pā'mafa
adj. very heavy
とても重たい
[参]'mafa.
pāpā
adj. flat
平らな
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