"笑顔" meaning in Japanese

See 笑顔 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [e̞ɡa̠o̞] Forms: 笑顔 [canonical] (ruby: (), (がお)), egao [romanization], wegafo [romanization], ゑがほ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 笑(え) (e, “smiling; laughing”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-compound|笑|え|顔|かお|t1=smiling; laughing|t2=face}} 笑(え) (e, “smiling; laughing”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”), {{rendaku2|kao|gao|sort=えがお}} The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|えがお|hhira=ゑがほ}} 笑(え)顔(がお) • (egao) ^(←ゑがほ (wegafo)?)
  1. smile, happy face, smiling face Wikipedia link: Daijirin Categories (topical): Facial expressions Synonyms: 微笑 (bishō) (ruby: (), (しょう)), 笑み (emi) (ruby: ()), 微笑み (hohoemi) (ruby: (ほほ), ())
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          "english": "I want to see your smile.",
          "roman": "Kimi no egao ga mitai.",
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          "roman": "bishō",
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              "笑",
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      "roman": "bishō",
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          "笑",
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          "笑",
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          "笑",
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      "word": "微笑み"
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Download raw JSONL data for 笑顔 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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