作り笑い in Japanese

IPA: [t͡sɨkɯ̟ɾʲiβ̞a̠ɾa̠i] Forms: 作り笑い ^ [canonical] (ruby: 作(つく), 笑(わら)), tsukuriwarai [romanization], tukuriwarafi [romanization], つくりわらひ [hiragana, historical] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Compound of 作り (tsukuri, “making”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 作る tsukuru, “to make”) + 笑い (warai, “smiling; laughing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う warau, “to smile; to laugh”). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|作り|笑い|pos1=the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 作る tsukuru, “to make”|pos2=the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う warau, “to smile; to laugh”|sort=つくりわらい|t1=making|t2=smiling; laughing|tr1=tsukuri|tr2=warai}} 作り (tsukuri, “making”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 作る tsukuru, “to make”) + 笑い (warai, “smiling; laughing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う warau, “to smile; to laugh”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|つくりわらい|hhira=つくりわらひ}} 作(つく)り笑(わら)い • (tsukuriwarai) ^(←つくりわらひ (tukuriwarafi)?)

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"作り笑い" meaning in Japanese

Noun