Japanese Word of the Day
笑うわらう - warau
laugh
Definitions
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笑う |
1. v. to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression: |
2. v. to laugh |
3. v. to smile |
マイクがよく笑いますよね。 - Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he. |
4. v. to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom |
桜の花が笑う - the cherry flowers bloom |
5. v. to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables) |
栗が笑っている時期 - the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open |
6. v. (metaphor) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape) |
山の景色が笑う - the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms |
7. v. to come undone (as a stitch or seam) |
縫い目が笑っている - the seam is coming open |
8. v. (slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees) |
膝が笑う - go wobbly in the knees |
9. v. to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of |
ジュディは私を笑った。 - Judy laughed at me / made fun of me / made a fool of me. |
Pronunciation
warau
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