笑い【わらい】
Frequency rank: 2,211. – 2,212.
- laugh; laughtersee also 笑う
- smilesee also 笑う
- sneeresp. 嗤いsee also 笑う
- sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 笑い【わらい】Frequency rank: 2,211. – 2,212.
- 咲い【わらい】
- 嗤い【わらい】Frequency rank: 39,878. – 40,464.
- 笑【わらい】Frequency rank: 8,325. – 8,334.
- わらい
Generated definitions (experimental)
- laugh; laughter
- smile
- sneer
- sex aids
This meaning refers to the act of expressing joy or amusement, typically by making vocal sounds and is often accompanied by physical responses such as smiling or clapping.
His joke was really funny, and we all laughed heartily.
In this context, it describes a facial expression where the corners of the mouth are turned upwards, often indicating happiness or friendliness.
Here, it refers to a type of smile that expresses contempt or scorn, often characterized by a slight curl of the lip.
This meaning refers to objects or materials designed to enhance sexual pleasure or education, often including explicit content.
Generated collocations (experimental)
わらいをとる笑いを取るto get a laughおおわらい大笑いloud laughterわらいごえ笑い声laughter (sound of laughter)わらい笑いのたね種a source of laughterわらいをさそう笑いを誘うto provoke laughterわらい笑いでめんえきりょく免疫力をたかめる高めるto boost immunity through laughterわらいばなし笑い話a funny storyわらい笑いのかみ神the god of laughterわらい笑いがとまらない止まらないcan't stop laughingわらい笑いのせらぴいセラピーlaughter therapyあくい悪意のあるわらい笑いmalicious laughterくちをつぐむ口をつぐむわらい笑いa suppressed laughしんたい身体のわらい笑いlaughter of the body (physical laughter)おんな女のわらい笑いwomen's laughterわらい笑いがひろがる広がるlaughter spreadsわらい笑いとなき泣きlaughter and tears
Example sentences
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Ami frowned in a very un-amused way as I brushed her off with a laugh.
"No, no! That isn't the smiling face we are looking for." It was a 'smirk' either that or a 'sneer'.
When I saw his new hairstyle I tried hard to suppress my laughter.
15. にっぽん日本ぶんか文化のぶんみゃく文脈のなか中ではとうぜん当然とおもわれる思われるほほえみ微笑みも、がいこくじん外国人のあいだ間では、ぶきみ不気味なわらい笑いとしておおく多くのこんらん混乱をうみ生み、またあくひょう悪評がたかい高い。
Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.
The baby is not old enough to be capable of hostile laughter.