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    3. 笑う

    笑う

    笑わらう​

    to laugh

    N4KMT8News #22+1CoreEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab12 strokes

    嗤う哂う咲う

    わらう

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to laugh
    2.
    to smile

    Verb, Transitive

    3.
    to sneer, to ridicule

    Verb, Intransitive

    4.
    to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted

    Stroke 0 / 12

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    彼かれはよく笑わらう人ひとだ。

    He is a person who laughs a lot.

    KMT4Emotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょの冗じょう談だんに、みんなが笑わらった。

    Everyone laughed at her joke.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    悲かなしい時ときでも、無む理りにでも笑わらうことで気 持 ちが楽らくになることがある。

    Even when sad, sometimes forcing yourself to smile can make you feel better.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology
    赤あかちゃんの無む邪じゃ気きな笑え顔がおを見みると、自し然ぜんとこちらも笑わらってしまう。

    When I see a baby's innocent smile, I naturally start to smile too.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    どんな困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも、彼かれは決けっして希き望ぼうを失うしなわず、笑わらっていた。

    Even in the most difficult situations, he never lost hope and smiled.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    笑
    わら.う・え.む…(2)
    laugh
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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