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笑う
わらう - warau



笑う
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

pronunciation
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