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"etymology_text": "Derived from verb 割る (waru, “to split, to break, to crack”), as imperfect form wara- + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetition or ongoing state: modern verb ending う u): \"to be in the act of cracking up / breaking open\".",
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"ruby": [
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"笑",
"わら"
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},
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{
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],
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]
},
{
"form": "咲う",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "嗤う",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"hhira": "わらふ",
"tr": "intrans",
"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "笑(わら)う • (warau) ^(←わらふ (warafu)?)intransitive godan (stem 笑(わら)い (warai), past 笑(わら)った (waratta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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"ref": "Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN",
"text": "微笑 下音焼 訓和良布",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:",
"to laugh"
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"english": "Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he.",
"roman": "Maiku wa yoku waraimasu yo ne.",
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"text": "マイクはよく笑いますよね。",
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"to smile"
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[
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[
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[
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"english": "the cherry flowers bloom",
"roman": "sakura no hana ga warau",
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[
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"はな"
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[
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],
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"to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom"
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"english": "the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open",
"roman": "kuri ga waratte iru jiki",
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"栗",
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],
[
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"わら"
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[
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[
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"き"
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],
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"to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)"
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[
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[
"fruit",
"fruit"
],
[
"vegetable",
"vegetable"
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"english": "the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms",
"roman": "yama no keshiki ga warau",
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[
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"け"
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"色",
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"text": "山の景色が笑う",
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[
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"verdant"
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[
"bloom",
"bloom"
],
[
"spring",
"spring"
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[
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],
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"(figurative) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
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"english": "the seam is coming open",
"roman": "nuime ga waratte iru",
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[
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"to come undone (as a stitch or seam)"
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"come"
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"stitch"
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"seam"
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"english": "go wobbly in the knees",
"roman": "hiza ga warau",
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"ひざ"
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[
"笑",
"わら"
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],
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"to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)"
],
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"(slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)"
],
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}
],
"sounds": [
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"other": "わらう"
},
{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "笑う"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Derived from verb 割る (waru, “to split, to break, to crack”), as imperfect form wara- + auxiliary verb ふ (fu, indicating repetition or ongoing state: modern verb ending う u): \"to be in the act of cracking up / breaking open\".",
"forms": [
{
"form": "笑う",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
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},
{
"form": "warau",
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},
{
"form": "warafu",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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},
{
"form": "笑い",
"roman": "warai",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "笑った",
"roman": "waratta",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-go-u",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "わらわ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "warawa",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "笑い",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらい",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "warai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑う",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "warau",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑え",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらえ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "warae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわれる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "warawareru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawaseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑える",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "わらえる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "waraeru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑おう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "わらおう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "waraō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawanai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawazu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑います",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "わらいます",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "waraimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "笑った",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "わらった",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "waratta",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "笑って",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらって",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "waratte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "わらえば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "waraeba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-conj-ex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "笑い [warai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑う [warau]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑って [waratte]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わないで [warawanai de]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなくて [warawanakute]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わない [warawanai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑います [waraimasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いません [waraimasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑った [waratta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなかった [warawanakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いました [waraimashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いませんでした [waraimasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われ [waraware]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われる [warawareru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われない [warawarenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われます [warawaremasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われません [warawaremasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"passive",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われた [warawareta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われなかった [warawarenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われました [warawaremashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われませんでした [warawaremasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせ [warawase]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせる [warawaseru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "short form: 笑わす [warawasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせない [warawasenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせます [warawasemasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせません [warawasemasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせた [warawaseta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせなかった [warawasenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせました [warawasemashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせませんでした [warawasemasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑え [warae]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑える [waraeru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えない [waraenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えます [waraemasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"polite",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えません [waraemasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"polite",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えた [waraeta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えなかった [waraenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えました [waraemashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えませんでした [waraemasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑え [warae]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑ってください [waratte kudasai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わないでください [warawanai de kudasai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いなさい [warainasai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑うな [warau na]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑おう [waraō]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いましょう [waraimashō]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えば [waraeba]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなければ [warawanakereba]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "colloquial: 笑わなきゃ [warawanakya]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑ったら [warattara]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなかったら [warawanakattara]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "standard: 笑わせられ [warawaserare]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "colloquial: 笑わされ [warawasare]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられる [warawaserareru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされる [warawasareru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられない [warawaserarenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされない [warawasarenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられます [warawaseraremasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされます [warawasaremasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられません [warawaseraremasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされません [warawasaremasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられた [warawaserareta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされた [warawasareta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられなかった [warawaserarenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされなかった [warawasarenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられました [warawaseraremashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされました [warawasaremashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられませんでした [warawaseraremasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされませんでした [warawasaremasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いたい [waraitai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いたくない [waraitaku nai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "For other desiderative forms",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っている [waratte iru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "contraction: 笑ってる [waratteru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていない [waratte inai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "contraction: 笑ってない [warattenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っています [waratte imasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていません [waratte imasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていた [waratte ita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていなかった [waratte inakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていました [waratte imashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていませんでした [waratte imasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-conj-ex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わぬ [warawanu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わん [warawan]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わず [warawazu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わず [warawazu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑ったり [warattari]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "咲う",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "嗤う",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "わらう",
"hhira": "わらふ",
"tr": "trans",
"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "笑(わら)う • (warau) ^(←わらふ (warafu)?)transitive godan (stem 笑(わら)い (warai), past 笑(わら)った (waratta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "わら",
"2": "う"
},
"name": "ja-conj-ex"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "29 29 2 4 1 16 1 18",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ja",
"name": "Laughter",
"orig": "ja:Laughter",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "LOL"
},
{
"roman": "warai",
"word": "笑い: a laugh"
},
{
"word": "laughter"
},
{
"word": "a smile"
},
{
"roman": "ōwarai",
"word": "大笑い: a big laugh"
},
{
"word": "a guffaw"
},
{
"word": "uproarious laughter"
},
{
"roman": "warai e",
"word": "笑い絵: a funny picture"
},
{
"word": "pornography"
},
{
"english": "a smiling face",
"roman": "waraigao",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"顔",
"がお"
]
],
"word": "笑い顔"
},
{
"roman": "warawaremono",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"者",
"もの"
]
],
"word": "笑われ者: a laughingstock"
},
{
"roman": "waraigusa",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"種",
"ぐさ"
]
],
"word": "笑い種: a laughingstock"
},
{
"english": "a drug or medicine that makes someone laugh for no reason",
"roman": "waraigusuri",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
],
[
"薬",
"ぐすり"
]
],
"word": "笑薬"
},
{
"english": "to be convulsed with laughter",
"roman": "waraikuzureru",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"崩",
"くず"
]
],
"word": "笑い崩れる"
},
{
"english": "a laughing or smiling mouth",
"roman": "waraiguchi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
],
[
"口",
"ぐち"
]
],
"word": "笑口"
},
{
"english": "laughter",
"roman": "waraigoe",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"声",
"ごえ"
]
],
"word": "笑い声"
},
{
"roman": "waraikokeru",
"word": "笑い転ける: to laugh one's head off"
},
{
"word": "to split one's sides"
},
{
"word": "ROFL"
},
{
"english": "a laughing matter",
"roman": "waraigoto",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"事",
"ごと"
]
],
"word": "笑い事"
},
{
"roman": "waraikorogeru",
"word": "笑い転げる: to fall down laughing"
},
{
"word": "to laugh one's head off"
},
{
"english": "to laugh merrily, as in a group",
"roman": "waraisazameku",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
"word": "笑いさざめく"
},
{
"roman": "waraizama",
"word": "笑様: [in] a laughing manner"
},
{
"word": "laughingly"
},
{
"english": "in Noh theatre, the traditional mask of a smiling man",
"roman": "waraijō",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
],
[
"尉",
"じょう"
]
],
"word": "笑尉"
},
{
"roman": "warai jōgo",
"word": "笑い上戸: a happy"
},
{
"word": "cheerful drinker"
},
{
"word": "someone who laugh easily"
},
{
"english": "a laugh line, a facial wrinkle from smiling",
"roman": "waraijiwa",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"皺",
"じわ"
]
],
"word": "笑い皺"
},
{
"english": "bloom first in early spring",
"roman": "waraizome",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"初",
"ぞ"
],
[
"笑初",
"わらいぞめ"
]
],
"word": "笑い初め, 笑初"
},
{
"english": "laughing mushroom",
"roman": "waraitake",
"word": "笑い茸: the : Panaeolus papilionaceus"
},
{
"word": "a poisonous mushroom"
},
{
"word": "so called for the spontaneous laughter it causes when eaten due to its neurotoxic effect"
},
{
"roman": "waraitatsu",
"word": "笑い立つ: to burst out laugh"
},
{
"word": "to deride someone"
},
{
"roman": "waraidōgu",
"word": "笑道具: something used to invite laughter"
},
{
"word": "sex toy"
},
{
"english": "to laugh something off",
"roman": "waraitobasu",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"飛",
"と"
]
],
"word": "笑い飛ばす"
},
{
"english": "a funny story",
"roman": "waraibanashi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"話",
"ばなし"
]
],
"word": "笑い話"
},
{
"roman": "warai e",
"word": "笑い本: a book of 笑い絵: a book of funny picture"
},
{
"word": "a book of pornography"
},
{
"roman": "waraimono",
"word": "笑い物"
},
{
"roman": "waraimono",
"word": "笑い者: a laughingstock"
},
{
"english": "Dacelo novaeguineae, the laughing kookaburra",
"roman": "warai kawasemi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
],
[
"翡翠",
"かわせみ"
]
],
"word": "笑翡翠"
},
{
"roman": "waraibotoke",
"word": "笑い仏"
},
{
"roman": "waraibotoke",
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"religion",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "笑仏: a statue of a smiling"
},
{
"word": "laughing Buddha"
},
{
"english": "a repository for sūtras and chronicles of a temple's history",
"roman": "kyōzō",
"word": "statues of ancient poets of similar appearance and placed in front of a 経蔵"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
5,
12
],
[
21,
32
],
[
38,
52
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
18,
25
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
10
]
],
"english": "Judy laughed at me / made fun of me / made a fool of me.",
"roman": "Judi wa watashi o waratta.",
"ruby": [
[
"私",
"わたし"
],
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
"text": "ジュディは私を笑った。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of"
],
"id": "en-笑う-ja-verb-HI~SIo09",
"links": [
[
"laugh",
"laugh"
],
[
"make fun of",
"make fun of"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "arrows won't pierce a smiling face",
"roman": "warau kao ni ya tatazu",
"word": "笑う顔に矢立たず: → someone approaching in friendship will not be fired upon"
},
{
"word": "a smile will melt away hostility"
},
{
"english": "a smiling face won't get hit",
"roman": "warau kao wa utarenu",
"word": "笑う顔は打たれぬ: → someone approaching in friendship will not be attacked"
},
{
"english": "the smiling mountains",
"roman": "warau yama",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"山",
"やま"
]
],
"word": "笑う山: →"
},
{
"english": "you can't take the measure of a smiling man",
"roman": "warau mono wa hakaru bekarazu",
"word": "笑うものは測るべからず: → someone who is always smiling is hard to read"
},
{
"word": "and may thus be more predator than pal: be wary of charmer"
},
{
"english": "fortune comes to the smiling door",
"roman": "warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru",
"word": "笑う門には福来る: → happiness brings good luck"
},
{
"word": "laugh and grow fat"
},
{
"roman": "warai sannen naki mitsuki",
"word": "笑い三年泣き三月: \"laughter three years"
},
{
"roman": "gidayū",
"word": "crying three months\" → a metaphorical rule of thumb for how long it takes to learn proper expression in the traditional 義太夫 style of dramatic recital"
},
{
"english": "to sharpen a sword while laughing / smiling",
"roman": "warai no uchi ni katana o togu",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"内",
"うち"
],
[
"刀",
"かたな"
],
[
"礪",
"と"
]
],
"word": "笑いの内に刀を礪ぐ: → to make oneself appear happy while thinking hostile thoughts"
},
{
"english": "laughter is medicine for people",
"roman": "warai wa hito no kusuri",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
],
[
"薬",
"くすり"
]
],
"word": "笑いは人の薬: → laughter is the best medicine"
},
{
"english": "no one's been hurt by smiling",
"roman": "waratte son shita mono nashi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"損",
"そん"
],
[
"者",
"もの"
]
],
"word": "笑って損した者なし: → a smile never hurts"
},
{
"english": "the only one to make a loss on laughing is an embosser",
"roman": "waratte son suru wa hakuya bakari",
"word": "笑って損するは箔屋ばかり: → if an embosser laughs"
},
{
"word": "the gold foil they work with would go flying"
},
{
"word": "but for anyone else"
},
{
"word": "laughter brings good fortune"
},
{
"english": "laugh and grow fat",
"roman": "waratte futore",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"太",
"ふと"
]
],
"word": "笑って太れ: → happiness brings good luck"
},
{
"roman": "waratte kurasu mo isshō naite kurasu mo isshō",
"word": "笑って暮らすも一生泣いて暮らすも一生"
},
{
"roman": "naite kurasu mo isshō waratte kurasu mo isshō",
"word": "泣いて暮らすも一生笑って暮らすも一生: \"you can live crying"
},
{
"word": "or live laughing\""
},
{
"roman": "warawazareba motte michi to nasu ni tarazu",
"word": "笑わざれば以て道と為すに足らず: \"if it's not laughed at"
},
{
"word": "it's not enough to be the right way\" → from the way a fool will laugh when told the way to do something"
},
{
"word": "so if it's not enough for even a fool to laugh at"
},
{
"word": "then it must not have any value at all"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "hohoemu",
"sense": "smile",
"word": "微笑む"
},
{
"roman": "emu",
"sense": "smile",
"word": "笑む"
},
{
"roman": "nikoniko suru",
"sense": "smile",
"word": "にこにこする"
},
{
"roman": "emu",
"sense": "bloom",
"word": "笑む"
},
{
"roman": "saku",
"sense": "bloom",
"word": "咲く"
},
{
"roman": "emu",
"ruby": [
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"笑",
"え"
]
],
"sense": "open from ripening",
"word": "笑む"
},
{
"roman": "jukusu",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟す"
},
{
"roman": "jukusuru",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟する"
},
{
"roman": "ureru",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟れる"
},
{
"roman": "umu",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟む"
},
{
"roman": "hokorobiru",
"sense": "come undone",
"word": "綻びる"
},
{
"roman": "tokeru",
"sense": "come undone",
"word": "解ける"
},
{
"english": "to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at",
"roman": "azawarau",
"ruby": [
[
"嘲",
"あざけ"
],
[
"馬",
"ば"
],
[
"鹿",
"か"
],
[
"嘲",
"ちょう"
],
[
"笑",
"しょう"
],
[
"嘲笑",
"あざわら"
],
[
"嗤",
"し"
],
[
"笑",
"しょう"
]
],
"sense": "make fun of",
"word": "嘲る; 馬鹿にする; 嘲笑する; 嘲笑う; 嗤笑する"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "わらう"
},
{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "笑う"
}
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{
"form": "咲う",
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"ref": "Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN",
"text": "微笑 下音焼 訓和良布",
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"to laugh"
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"english": "Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he.",
"roman": "Maiku wa yoku waraimasu yo ne.",
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"笑",
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"text": "マイクはよく笑いますよね。",
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6
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"english": "the cherry flowers bloom",
"roman": "sakura no hana ga warau",
"ruby": [
[
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],
[
"花",
"はな"
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[
"笑",
"わら"
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],
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],
"glosses": [
"to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom"
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"split",
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[
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"open"
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[
"bud",
"bud"
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"english": "the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open",
"roman": "kuri ga waratte iru jiki",
"ruby": [
[
"栗",
"くり"
],
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"時",
"じ"
],
[
"期",
"き"
]
],
"text": "栗が笑っている時期",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)"
],
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[
"split",
"split"
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[
"open",
"open"
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[
"ripening",
"ripening"
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[
"fruit",
"fruit"
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[
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19,
24
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7
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"english": "the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms",
"roman": "yama no keshiki ga warau",
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[
"山",
"やま"
],
[
"景",
"け"
],
[
"色",
"しき"
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[
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"わら"
]
],
"text": "山の景色が笑う",
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],
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"green",
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"bloom"
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"spring",
"spring"
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[
"landscape",
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],
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"english": "the seam is coming open",
"roman": "nuime ga waratte iru",
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[
"縫",
"ぬ"
],
[
"目",
"め"
],
[
"笑",
"わら"
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],
"text": "縫い目が笑っている",
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],
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"to come undone (as a stitch or seam)"
],
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[
"come",
"come"
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[
"undone",
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[
"stitch",
"stitch"
],
[
"seam",
"seam"
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],
"english": "go wobbly in the knees",
"roman": "hiza ga warau",
"ruby": [
[
"膝",
"ひざ"
],
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
"text": "膝が笑う",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)"
],
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[
"weak",
"weak"
],
[
"wobbly",
"wobbly"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)"
],
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}
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"other": "わらう"
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{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
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"word": "笑う"
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"word": "LOL"
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{
"roman": "warai",
"word": "笑い: a laugh"
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{
"word": "laughter"
},
{
"word": "a smile"
},
{
"roman": "ōwarai",
"word": "大笑い: a big laugh"
},
{
"word": "a guffaw"
},
{
"word": "uproarious laughter"
},
{
"roman": "warai e",
"word": "笑い絵: a funny picture"
},
{
"word": "pornography"
},
{
"english": "a smiling face",
"roman": "waraigao",
"ruby": [
[
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"わら"
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[
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"がお"
]
],
"word": "笑い顔"
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{
"roman": "warawaremono",
"ruby": [
[
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"わら"
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[
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"もの"
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],
"word": "笑われ者: a laughingstock"
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{
"roman": "waraigusa",
"ruby": [
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[
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],
"word": "笑い種: a laughingstock"
},
{
"english": "a drug or medicine that makes someone laugh for no reason",
"roman": "waraigusuri",
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"笑",
"わらい"
],
[
"薬",
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],
"word": "笑薬"
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{
"english": "to be convulsed with laughter",
"roman": "waraikuzureru",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
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[
"崩",
"くず"
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],
"word": "笑い崩れる"
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{
"english": "a laughing or smiling mouth",
"roman": "waraiguchi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
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[
"口",
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"word": "笑口"
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{
"english": "laughter",
"roman": "waraigoe",
"ruby": [
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"笑",
"わら"
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[
"声",
"ごえ"
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],
"word": "笑い声"
},
{
"roman": "waraikokeru",
"word": "笑い転ける: to laugh one's head off"
},
{
"word": "to split one's sides"
},
{
"word": "ROFL"
},
{
"english": "a laughing matter",
"roman": "waraigoto",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"事",
"ごと"
]
],
"word": "笑い事"
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{
"roman": "waraikorogeru",
"word": "笑い転げる: to fall down laughing"
},
{
"word": "to laugh one's head off"
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{
"english": "to laugh merrily, as in a group",
"roman": "waraisazameku",
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[
"笑",
"わら"
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],
"word": "笑いさざめく"
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{
"roman": "waraizama",
"word": "笑様: [in] a laughing manner"
},
{
"word": "laughingly"
},
{
"english": "in Noh theatre, the traditional mask of a smiling man",
"roman": "waraijō",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
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[
"尉",
"じょう"
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],
"word": "笑尉"
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{
"roman": "warai jōgo",
"word": "笑い上戸: a happy"
},
{
"word": "cheerful drinker"
},
{
"word": "someone who laugh easily"
},
{
"english": "a laugh line, a facial wrinkle from smiling",
"roman": "waraijiwa",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"皺",
"じわ"
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],
"word": "笑い皺"
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{
"english": "bloom first in early spring",
"roman": "waraizome",
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[
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"word": "笑い初め, 笑初"
},
{
"english": "laughing mushroom",
"roman": "waraitake",
"word": "笑い茸: the : Panaeolus papilionaceus"
},
{
"word": "a poisonous mushroom"
},
{
"word": "so called for the spontaneous laughter it causes when eaten due to its neurotoxic effect"
},
{
"roman": "waraitatsu",
"word": "笑い立つ: to burst out laugh"
},
{
"word": "to deride someone"
},
{
"roman": "waraidōgu",
"word": "笑道具: something used to invite laughter"
},
{
"word": "sex toy"
},
{
"english": "to laugh something off",
"roman": "waraitobasu",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
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[
"飛",
"と"
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],
"word": "笑い飛ばす"
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{
"english": "a funny story",
"roman": "waraibanashi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"話",
"ばなし"
]
],
"word": "笑い話"
},
{
"roman": "warai e",
"word": "笑い本: a book of 笑い絵: a book of funny picture"
},
{
"word": "a book of pornography"
},
{
"roman": "waraimono",
"word": "笑い物"
},
{
"roman": "waraimono",
"word": "笑い者: a laughingstock"
},
{
"english": "Dacelo novaeguineae, the laughing kookaburra",
"roman": "warai kawasemi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わらい"
],
[
"翡翠",
"かわせみ"
]
],
"word": "笑翡翠"
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{
"roman": "waraibotoke",
"word": "笑い仏"
},
{
"roman": "waraibotoke",
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"religion",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "笑仏: a statue of a smiling"
},
{
"word": "laughing Buddha"
},
{
"english": "a repository for sūtras and chronicles of a temple's history",
"roman": "kyōzō",
"word": "statues of ancient poets of similar appearance and placed in front of a 経蔵"
}
],
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"form": "warau",
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"form": "warafu",
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"form": "笑った",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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"form": "ja-go-u",
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"form": "笑わ",
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"form": "わらわ",
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{
"form": "warawa",
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{
"form": "笑い",
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{
"form": "わらい",
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{
"form": "warai",
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"form": "笑う",
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"form": "わらう",
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},
{
"form": "warau",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "笑え",
"source": "conjugation",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "わらえ",
"source": "conjugation",
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]
},
{
"form": "warae",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
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},
{
"form": "笑われる",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "わらわれる",
"source": "conjugation",
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"passive"
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},
{
"form": "warawareru",
"source": "conjugation",
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"passive"
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},
{
"form": "笑わせる",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "笑わす",
"source": "conjugation",
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},
{
"form": "わらわせる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわす",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawaseru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑える",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "わらえる",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "waraeru",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑おう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "わらおう",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "waraō",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわない",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawanai",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "わらわず",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "warawazu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑います",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "わらいます",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "waraimasu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "笑った",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "わらった",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "waratta",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"perfective"
]
},
{
"form": "笑って",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "わらって",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "waratte",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "わらえば",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "waraeba",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"hypothetical"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-conj-ex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "笑い [warai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑う [warau]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑って [waratte]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わないで [warawanai de]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなくて [warawanakute]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conjunctive",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わない [warawanai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑います [waraimasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いません [waraimasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑った [waratta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなかった [warawanakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いました [waraimashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いませんでした [waraimasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われ [waraware]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われる [warawareru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われない [warawarenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われます [warawaremasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われません [warawaremasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"passive",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われた [warawareta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われなかった [warawarenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"passive",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われました [warawaremashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑われませんでした [warawaremasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせ [warawase]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせる [warawaseru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "short form: 笑わす [warawasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせない [warawasenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせます [warawasemasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせません [warawasemasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせた [warawaseta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせなかった [warawasenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせました [warawasemashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせませんでした [warawasemasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"causative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑え [warae]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑える [waraeru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えない [waraenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えます [waraemasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"polite",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えません [waraemasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"polite",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えた [waraeta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えなかった [waraenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"negative",
"past",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えました [waraemashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えませんでした [waraemasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative",
"potential"
]
},
{
"form": "笑え [warae]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑ってください [waratte kudasai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わないでください [warawanai de kudasai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いなさい [warainasai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑うな [warau na]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑おう [waraō]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"imperative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いましょう [waraimashō]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑えば [waraeba]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなければ [warawanakereba]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "colloquial: 笑わなきゃ [warawanakya]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑ったら [warattara]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わなかったら [warawanakattara]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "standard: 笑わせられ [warawaserare]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "colloquial: 笑わされ [warawasare]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられる [warawaserareru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされる [warawasareru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられない [warawaserarenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされない [warawasarenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられます [warawaseraremasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされます [warawasaremasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられません [warawaseraremasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされません [warawasaremasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられた [warawaserareta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされた [warawasareta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられなかった [warawaserarenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされなかった [warawasarenakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられました [warawaseraremashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされました [warawasaremashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わせられませんでした [warawaseraremasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わされませんでした [warawasaremasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いたい [waraitai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑いたくない [waraitaku nai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "For other desiderative forms",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っている [waratte iru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "contraction: 笑ってる [waratteru]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていない [waratte inai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "contraction: 笑ってない [warattenai]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っています [waratte imasu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていません [waratte imasen]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"negative",
"polite"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていた [waratte ita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていなかった [waratte inakatta]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていました [waratte imashita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑っていませんでした [waratte imasen deshita]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"desiderative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ja-conj-ex",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わぬ [warawanu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わん [warawan]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わず [warawazu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"continuative",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "笑わず [warawazu]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "笑ったり [warattari]",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "咲う",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "嗤う",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "わらう",
"hhira": "わらふ",
"tr": "trans",
"type": "1"
},
"expansion": "笑(わら)う • (warau) ^(←わらふ (warafu)?)transitive godan (stem 笑(わら)い (warai), past 笑(わら)った (waratta))",
"name": "ja-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "わら",
"2": "う"
},
"name": "ja-conj-ex"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"english": "arrows won't pierce a smiling face",
"roman": "warau kao ni ya tatazu",
"word": "笑う顔に矢立たず: → someone approaching in friendship will not be fired upon"
},
{
"word": "a smile will melt away hostility"
},
{
"english": "a smiling face won't get hit",
"roman": "warau kao wa utarenu",
"word": "笑う顔は打たれぬ: → someone approaching in friendship will not be attacked"
},
{
"english": "the smiling mountains",
"roman": "warau yama",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"山",
"やま"
]
],
"word": "笑う山: →"
},
{
"english": "you can't take the measure of a smiling man",
"roman": "warau mono wa hakaru bekarazu",
"word": "笑うものは測るべからず: → someone who is always smiling is hard to read"
},
{
"word": "and may thus be more predator than pal: be wary of charmer"
},
{
"english": "fortune comes to the smiling door",
"roman": "warau kado ni wa fuku kitaru",
"word": "笑う門には福来る: → happiness brings good luck"
},
{
"word": "laugh and grow fat"
},
{
"roman": "warai sannen naki mitsuki",
"word": "笑い三年泣き三月: \"laughter three years"
},
{
"roman": "gidayū",
"word": "crying three months\" → a metaphorical rule of thumb for how long it takes to learn proper expression in the traditional 義太夫 style of dramatic recital"
},
{
"english": "to sharpen a sword while laughing / smiling",
"roman": "warai no uchi ni katana o togu",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"内",
"うち"
],
[
"刀",
"かたな"
],
[
"礪",
"と"
]
],
"word": "笑いの内に刀を礪ぐ: → to make oneself appear happy while thinking hostile thoughts"
},
{
"english": "laughter is medicine for people",
"roman": "warai wa hito no kusuri",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"人",
"ひと"
],
[
"薬",
"くすり"
]
],
"word": "笑いは人の薬: → laughter is the best medicine"
},
{
"english": "no one's been hurt by smiling",
"roman": "waratte son shita mono nashi",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"損",
"そん"
],
[
"者",
"もの"
]
],
"word": "笑って損した者なし: → a smile never hurts"
},
{
"english": "the only one to make a loss on laughing is an embosser",
"roman": "waratte son suru wa hakuya bakari",
"word": "笑って損するは箔屋ばかり: → if an embosser laughs"
},
{
"word": "the gold foil they work with would go flying"
},
{
"word": "but for anyone else"
},
{
"word": "laughter brings good fortune"
},
{
"english": "laugh and grow fat",
"roman": "waratte futore",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"わら"
],
[
"太",
"ふと"
]
],
"word": "笑って太れ: → happiness brings good luck"
},
{
"roman": "waratte kurasu mo isshō naite kurasu mo isshō",
"word": "笑って暮らすも一生泣いて暮らすも一生"
},
{
"roman": "naite kurasu mo isshō waratte kurasu mo isshō",
"word": "泣いて暮らすも一生笑って暮らすも一生: \"you can live crying"
},
{
"word": "or live laughing\""
},
{
"roman": "warawazareba motte michi to nasu ni tarazu",
"word": "笑わざれば以て道と為すに足らず: \"if it's not laughed at"
},
{
"word": "it's not enough to be the right way\" → from the way a fool will laugh when told the way to do something"
},
{
"word": "so if it's not enough for even a fool to laugh at"
},
{
"word": "then it must not have any value at all"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
5,
12
],
[
21,
32
],
[
38,
52
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
18,
25
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
10
]
],
"english": "Judy laughed at me / made fun of me / made a fool of me.",
"roman": "Judi wa watashi o waratta.",
"ruby": [
[
"私",
"わたし"
],
[
"笑",
"わら"
]
],
"text": "ジュディは私を笑った。",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of"
],
"links": [
[
"laugh",
"laugh"
],
[
"make fun of",
"make fun of"
],
[
"fool",
"fool"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "わらう"
},
{
"ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "hohoemu",
"sense": "smile",
"word": "微笑む"
},
{
"roman": "emu",
"sense": "smile",
"word": "笑む"
},
{
"roman": "nikoniko suru",
"sense": "smile",
"word": "にこにこする"
},
{
"roman": "emu",
"sense": "bloom",
"word": "笑む"
},
{
"roman": "saku",
"sense": "bloom",
"word": "咲く"
},
{
"roman": "emu",
"ruby": [
[
"笑",
"え"
]
],
"sense": "open from ripening",
"word": "笑む"
},
{
"roman": "jukusu",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟す"
},
{
"roman": "jukusuru",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟する"
},
{
"roman": "ureru",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟れる"
},
{
"roman": "umu",
"sense": "ripen in general",
"word": "熟む"
},
{
"roman": "hokorobiru",
"sense": "come undone",
"word": "綻びる"
},
{
"roman": "tokeru",
"sense": "come undone",
"word": "解ける"
},
{
"english": "to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at",
"roman": "azawarau",
"ruby": [
[
"嘲",
"あざけ"
],
[
"馬",
"ば"
],
[
"鹿",
"か"
],
[
"嘲",
"ちょう"
],
[
"笑",
"しょう"
],
[
"嘲笑",
"あざわら"
],
[
"嗤",
"し"
],
[
"笑",
"しょう"
]
],
"sense": "make fun of",
"word": "嘲る; 馬鹿にする; 嘲笑する; 嘲笑う; 嗤笑する"
}
],
"word": "笑う"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 笑う meaning in Japanese (30.8kB)
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