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パー [spec1] ぱーぱあ
1. [n]
▶ paper (in rock-paper-scissors)
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1005970 【じゃんけん】 1. rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
2. [n]
▶ disappearing completely
▶ coming to nought
▶ becoming worthless
▶ losing everything
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2848396 パーになる 1. to come to nothing; to go down the drain; to go up in smoke
3. (ぱあ only) [n,adj-na]
▶ foolishness
▶ stupidity



History:
16. A 2022-01-17 22:18:47  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Does seem odd. Best dropped.
  Diff:
@@ -21 +20,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
15. A* 2022-01-17 00:37:44  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/20969/what-does-パー-mean-by-itself
I have mostly seen this used as 何々がパーだ or 何々がパーになる. EDICT seems to indicate that it can be used as a な-adjective, but I have never seen it used that way.
  Comments:
is adj-na right on sense 2?
14. A 2021-10-21 19:41:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
13. A* 2021-10-20 23:57:11  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
suggesting spec1 for gu, choki and pa entries
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6 @@
+<re_pri>spec1</re_pri>
12. A 2021-02-24 02:34:50  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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