See にっこり on Wiktionary
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"form": "nikkori dekiru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりしよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリしよう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori shiyō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりしない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリしない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori shinai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりせず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリせず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori sezu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりします",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリします",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori shimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりした",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリした",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori shita",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリして",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori shite",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "にっこりすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "ニッコリすれば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "nikkori sureba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ニッコリ"
},
"expansion": "にっこりする or ニッコリする • (nikkori suru) suru (stem にっこりし (nikkori shi), past にっこりした (nikkori shita))",
"name": "ja-verb-suru"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to beam, to smile, to give a bright smile"
],
"links": [
[
"beam",
"beam"
],
[
"smile",
"smile"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɲ̟ik̚ko̞ɾʲi]"
},
{
"other": "にっこり"
}
],
"word": "にっこり"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: optionally as にっこりと (nikkori to)",
"path": [
"にっこり"
],
"section": "Japanese",
"subsection": "adverb",
"title": "にっこり",
"trace": ""
}
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