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Zach

笑い

咲い、 嗤い

Reading

Kana: わらい
Romaji: warai
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Romaji

Definitions

1

laugh; laughter

See also: 笑う
2

smile

See also: 笑う
3

sneer

Note: esp. 嗤い
See also: 笑う
4

sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 わら.う、 え.む
Meaning: laugh
Readings: ショウ、 さ.く、 -ざき
Meanings: blossom, bloom
Readings: シ、 わら.う
Meanings: laugh, ridicule

Example Sentences

(わら)いは百薬(ひゃくやく)(ちょう)
➥Laughter is the best medicine.
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(かれ)らは大笑(おおわら)いした。
➥They howled with laughter.
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(わら)(ごと)じゃないよ。
➥It's no laughing matter.
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(かれ)(わら)(しゃ)にする。
➥It makes him a laughingstock.
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聴衆(ちょうしゅう)大笑(おおわら)いした。
➥The audience roared with laughter.
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我々(われわれ)大笑(おおわら)いした。
➥We roared with laughter.
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