"笑う" meaning in Japanese

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "LOL"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warai",
      "word": "笑い: a laugh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laughter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a smile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ōwarai",
      "word": "大笑い: a big laugh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a guffaw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "uproarious laughter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warai e",
      "word": "笑い絵: a funny picture"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pornography"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a smiling face",
      "roman": "waraigao",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "顔",
          "がお"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い顔"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warawaremono",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "者",
          "もの"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑われ者: a laughingstock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraigusa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "種",
          "ぐさ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い種: a laughingstock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a drug or medicine that makes someone laugh for no reason",
      "roman": "waraigusuri",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑薬",
          "わらいぐすり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑薬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be convulsed with laughter",
      "roman": "waraikuzureru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "崩",
          "くず"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い崩れる"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a laughing or smiling mouth",
      "roman": "waraiguchi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑口",
          "わらいぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑口"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "laughter",
      "roman": "waraigoe",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "声",
          "ごえ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い声"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraikokeru",
      "word": "笑い転ける: to laugh one's head off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to split one's sides"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ROFL"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a laughing matter",
      "roman": "waraigoto",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "事",
          "ごと"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い事"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraikorogeru",
      "word": "笑い転げる: to fall down laughing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to laugh one's head off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to laugh merrily, as in a group",
      "roman": "waraisazameku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑いさざめく"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraizama",
      "word": "笑様: [in] a laughing manner"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laughingly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in Noh theatre, the traditional mask of a smiling man",
      "roman": "waraijō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑尉",
          "わらいじょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑尉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warai jōgo",
      "word": "笑い上戸: a happy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cheerful drinker"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "someone who laugh easily"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a laugh line, a facial wrinkle from smiling",
      "roman": "waraijiwa",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "皺",
          "じわ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い皺"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "laughing mushroom",
      "roman": "waraitake",
      "word": "笑い茸: the : Panaeolus papilionaceus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a poisonous mushroom"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "so called for the spontaneous laughter it causes when eaten due to its neurotoxic effect"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraitatsu",
      "word": "笑い立つ: to burst out laugh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "to deride someone"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraidōgu",
      "word": "笑道具: something used to invite laughter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sex toy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to laugh something off",
      "roman": "waraitobasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "飛",
          "と"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い飛ばす"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a funny story",
      "roman": "waraibanashi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "話",
          "ばなし"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑い話"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warai e",
      "word": "笑い本: a book of 笑い絵: a book of funny picture"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a book of pornography"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraimono",
      "word": "笑い物"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraimono",
      "word": "笑い者: a laughingstock"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Dacelo novaeguineae, the laughing kookaburra",
      "roman": "warai kawasemi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑翡翠",
          "わらいかわせみ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑翡翠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraibotoke",
      "word": "笑い仏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "waraibotoke",
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "笑仏: a statue of a smiling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laughing Buddha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warau",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warafu",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑い",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "warai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑った",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "waratta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑う",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warau",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warafu",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑い",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "roman": "warai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑った",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "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": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わらわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わらい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わらう",
        "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a smile will melt away hostility"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the smiling mountains",
      "roman": "warau yama",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ],
        [
          "山",
          "やま"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "笑う山: →"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "and may thus be more predator than pal: be wary of charmer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laugh and grow fat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "warai sannen naki mitsuki",
      "word": "笑い三年泣き三月: \"laughter three years"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the gold foil they work with would go flying"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "but for anyone else"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laughter brings good fortune"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "or live laughing\""
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "it's not enough to be the right way\" → from the way a fool will laugh when told the way to do something"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "so if it's not enough for even a fool to laugh at"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "then it must not have any value at all"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 19 9 8 9 18 18 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 2 5 1 22 13 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
          "name": "Laughter",
          "orig": "ja:Laughter",
          "parents": [
            "Happiness",
            "Reflexes",
            "Emotions",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:",
        "to laugh"
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      "links": [
        [
          "spontaneously",
          "spontaneously"
        ],
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "amusement",
          "amusement"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 19 9 8 9 18 18 9",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 2 5 1 22 13 8",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ja",
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          "orig": "ja:Laughter",
          "parents": [
            "Happiness",
            "Reflexes",
            "Emotions",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he.",
          "roman": "Maiku ga yoku waraimasu yo ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "マイクがよく笑いますよね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:",
        "to smile"
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          "spontaneously",
          "spontaneously"
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          "express",
          "express"
        ],
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          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "amusement",
          "amusement"
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          "voice",
          "voice"
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          "facial",
          "facial"
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        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 84 1 1 1 3 3 3",
          "roman": "hohoemu",
          "sense": "smile",
          "word": "微笑む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 84 1 1 1 3 3 3",
          "roman": "emu",
          "sense": "smile",
          "word": "笑む"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 84 1 1 1 3 3 3",
          "roman": "nikoniko suru",
          "sense": "smile",
          "word": "にこにこする"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the cherry flowers bloom",
          "roman": "sakura no hana ga warau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "桜",
              "さくら"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "はな"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "桜の花が笑う",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-笑う-ja-verb-x3GEAwqa",
      "links": [
        [
          "split",
          "split"
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        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ],
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 8 36 9 26 10 4 4",
          "sense": "to bloom, to ripen",
          "tags": [
            "uncommon"
          ],
          "word": "咲う"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open",
          "roman": "kuri ga waratte iru jiki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "栗",
              "くり"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ],
            [
              "時期",
              "じき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "栗が笑っている時期",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-笑う-ja-verb-PBAG6DrI",
      "links": [
        [
          "split",
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          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "ripening",
          "ripening"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 6 9 69 2 6 3 4",
          "roman": "emu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "笑",
              "え"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "open from ripening",
          "word": "笑む"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms",
          "roman": "yama no keshiki ga warau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "景",
              "け"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "しき"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "山の景色が笑う",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "id": "en-笑う-ja-verb-AqsE0xV6",
      "links": [
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
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          "green",
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        ],
        [
          "verdant",
          "verdant"
        ],
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ],
        [
          "landscape",
          "landscape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 7 11 6 42 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 11 9 12 8 29 13 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese godan verbs ending with -u",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 14 9 8 8 26 16 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with manual fragments",
          "parents": [
            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 9 10 8 34 16 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 9 10 8 35 16 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 19 9 8 9 18 18 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 8 9 10 8 36 18 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 9 9 10 8 36 15 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 9 6 17 6 41 8 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 6 4 14 4 57 6 4",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 2 5 1 22 13 8",
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          "langcode": "ja",
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          "parents": [
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            "Emotions",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the seam is coming open",
          "roman": "nuime ga waratte iru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縫",
              "ぬ"
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            [
              "目",
              "め"
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            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
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          ],
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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",
          "undone"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "seam",
          "seam"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 1 2 2 85 2 4",
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          "sense": "come undone",
          "word": "綻びる"
        },
        {
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          "sense": "come undone",
          "word": "解ける"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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        {
          "_dis": "10 19 9 8 9 18 18 9",
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            "Reflexes",
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "go wobbly in the knees",
          "roman": "hiza ga warau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "膝",
              "ひざ"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "膝が笑う",
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        }
      ],
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          "weak"
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          "wobbly",
          "wobbly"
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      ],
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        "(slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 12 2 19 11 11 35 7",
          "roman": "jukusu",
          "sense": "ripen in general",
          "word": "熟す"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 12 2 19 11 11 35 7",
          "roman": "jukusuru",
          "sense": "ripen in general",
          "word": "熟する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 12 2 19 11 11 35 7",
          "roman": "ureru",
          "sense": "ripen in general",
          "word": "熟れる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 12 2 19 11 11 35 7",
          "roman": "umu",
          "sense": "ripen in general",
          "word": "熟む"
        }
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ],
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          "make fun of"
        ],
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          "fool",
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 4 1 2 1 5 2 81",
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          "roman": "azawarau",
          "ruby": [
            [
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              "あざけ"
            ],
            [
              "馬鹿",
              "ばか"
            ],
            [
              "嘲笑",
              "ちょうしょう"
            ],
            [
              "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 4 1 1 1 4 1 84",
          "sense": "to make fun of",
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            "uncommon"
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          "word": "嗤う"
        }
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    {
      "other": "わらう"
    },
    {
      "other": "わらう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[β̞a̠ɾa̠ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "4 6 38 3 33 10 3 4",
      "roman": "emu",
      "sense": "bloom",
      "word": "笑む"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 6 38 3 33 10 3 4",
      "roman": "saku",
      "sense": "bloom",
      "word": "咲く"
    }
  ],
  "word": "笑う"
}

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    "Japanese intransitive verbs",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
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    {
      "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": [
        [
          "笑薬",
          "わらいぐすり"
        ]
      ],
      "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": [
        [
          "笑口",
          "わらいぐち"
        ]
      ],
      "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": [
        [
          "笑尉",
          "わらいじょう"
        ]
      ],
      "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": [
        [
          "笑翡翠",
          "わらいかわせみ"
        ]
      ],
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warau",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warafu",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑い",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "warai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑った",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "roman": "waratta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑う",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warau",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warafu",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑い",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "roman": "warai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "笑",
          "わら"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑った",
      "head_nr": 2,
      "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": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わらわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "warawa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "笑い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "わらい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "わらう",
        "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"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "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 quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Japanese quotations",
        "Requests for transliteration of Japanese quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:",
        "to laugh"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "spontaneously",
          "spontaneously"
        ],
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "amusement",
          "amusement"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he.",
          "roman": "Maiku ga yoku waraimasu yo ne.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "マイクがよく笑いますよね。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:",
        "to smile"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "spontaneously",
          "spontaneously"
        ],
        [
          "express",
          "express"
        ],
        [
          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "amusement",
          "amusement"
        ],
        [
          "voice",
          "voice"
        ],
        [
          "facial",
          "facial"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "smile",
          "smile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the cherry flowers bloom",
          "roman": "sakura no hana ga warau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "桜",
              "さくら"
            ],
            [
              "花",
              "はな"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "桜の花が笑う",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ],
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open",
          "roman": "kuri ga waratte iru jiki",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "栗",
              "くり"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ],
            [
              "時期",
              "じき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "栗が笑っている時期",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "split",
          "split"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ],
        [
          "ripening",
          "ripening"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ],
        [
          "vegetable",
          "vegetable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms",
          "roman": "yama no keshiki ga warau",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "山",
              "やま"
            ],
            [
              "景",
              "け"
            ],
            [
              "色",
              "しき"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "山の景色が笑う",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "bud",
          "bud"
        ],
        [
          "green",
          "green"
        ],
        [
          "verdant",
          "verdant"
        ],
        [
          "bloom",
          "bloom"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ],
        [
          "landscape",
          "landscape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the seam is coming open",
          "roman": "nuime ga waratte iru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縫",
              "ぬ"
            ],
            [
              "目",
              "め"
            ],
            [
              "笑",
              "わら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "縫い目が笑っている",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to come undone (as a stitch or seam)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "come",
          "come"
        ],
        [
          "undone",
          "undone"
        ],
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ],
        [
          "seam",
          "seam"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese slang",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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)"
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ],
        [
          "wobbly",
          "wobbly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
      ],
      "head_nr": 2,
      "links": [
        [
          "laugh",
          "laugh"
        ],
        [
          "make fun of",
          "make fun of"
        ],
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "わらう"
    },
    {
      "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"
        ],
        [
          "馬鹿",
          "ばか"
        ],
        [
          "嘲笑",
          "ちょうしょう"
        ],
        [
          "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"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to bloom, to ripen",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "咲う"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to make fun of",
      "tags": [
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "嗤う"
    }
  ],
  "word": "笑う"
}

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  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: w (w): LOL desc=w (w) rest=LOL cls=other cls2=romanization e1=False e2=True",
  "path": [
    "笑う"
  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "笑う",
  "trace": ""
}