"わらう" meaning in Japanese

See わらう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: warau [romanization], わらい [stem], わらった [past]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|type=1}} わらう • (warau) godan (stem わらい (warai), past わらった (waratta))
  1. 笑う, 咲う, 嗤う: to laugh; to smile; to bloom; to ripen and open; to come undone; to ridicule or make fun of; (slang) to go wobbly (as in the knees)
    Sense id: en-わらう-ja-verb-QFWqSQdy Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Facial expressions, Laughter Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 58 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 62 38 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 68 32 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 67 33 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Facial expressions: 64 36 Disambiguation of Laughter: 74 26
  2. 哂う: (rare) to ridicule; to laugh derisively, to sneer
    Sense id: en-わらう-ja-verb-sZe8UvWo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for わらう meaning in Japanese (1.6kB)

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