Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011

ヒラヒラ

Hira hira

The flight of a butterfly.
Objects fluttering and swirling like paper.
Example:
ヒラヒラと舞]う蝶々を追いかけた。
Hira hira to mau chocho wo oikaketa.
I chased after the fluttering butterfly.