チャラチャラ

Japanese

Etymology

Onomatopoeia. Found in texts from at least the late 1600s.[1] Compare English jingle jingle, chatter chatter.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) チャ​ラチャラ [cháꜜràchàrà] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠t͡ɕa̠ɾa̠]

Adverb

チャラチャラ (hiragana ちゃらちゃら, rōmaji charachara)

  1. (onomatopoeia) jinglingly, janglingly
    小銭 (こぜに)がちゃらちゃら落 (お)ちた
    kozeni ga charachara ochita
    Coins dropped with a jingling sound
  2. (onomatopoeia) chatteringly, talkatively
    Synonyms: ぺらぺら (perapera), ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha)
  3. (onomatopoeia, by extension from the idea of jingling coins) showily, frivolously, shallowly, superficially
    いつもちゃらちゃらしてますけどね！
    Itsumo charachara shitemasu kedo ne!
    But (you are, he is, she is, etc.) always showing off!

Verb

チャラチャラする (rōmaji charachara suru)

  1. to jingle, make a metallic sound
  2. to chatter, to talk ceaselessly
    Synonyms: ぺらぺら (perapera), ぺちゃくちゃ (pechakucha)
  3. to show off, to be frivolous or superficial

Conjugation
Conjugation of "チャラチャラする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) チャラチャラし charachara shi
Continuative (連用形) チャラチャラし charachara shi
Terminal (終止形) チャラチャラする charachara suru
Attributive (連体形) チャラチャラする charachara suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) チャラチャラすれ charachara sure
Imperative (命令形) チャラチャラせよ¹
チャラチャラしろ²		 charachara seyo¹
charachara shiro²
Key constructions
Passive チャラチャラされる charachara sareru
Causative チャラチャラさせる
チャラチャラさす		 charachara saseru
charachara sasu
Potential チャラチャラできる charachara dekiru
Volitional チャラチャラしよう charachara shiyō
Negative チャラチャラしない charachara shinai
Negative continuative チャラチャラせず charachara sezu
Formal チャラチャラします charachara shimasu
Perfective チャラチャラした charachara shita
Conjunctive チャラチャラして charachara shite
Hypothetical conditional チャラチャラすれば charachara sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Usage notes

Sometimes encountered with the adverbial particle と (to) before either する (suru, “to do”) or another verb.

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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