笑わらう

わらう warau

to laugh
to smile

godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

笑

Examples

Furigana

しかし、彼かれはめったに笑わらいませんでした。
But he did not often smile.
但是，他很少笑。
Tatoeba #216291
動どう物ぶつのうちで笑わらうのは人にん間げんだけだ。
Man is the only animal that laughs.
动物中只有人类会笑。
Tatoeba #123767

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('327c67b830'); // 笑う

{
  "id": "327c67b830",
  "word": "笑う",
  "reading": "わらう",
  "romaji": "warau",
  "meanings": [
    "to laugh",
    "to smile"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1351360,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "しかし、彼はめったに笑いませんでした。",
      "furigana": "しかし、{彼|かれ}はめったに{笑|わら}いませんでした。",
      "en": "But he did not often smile.",
      "tatoeba_id": 216291
    },
    {
      "ja": "動物のうちで笑うのは人間だけだ。",
      "furigana": "{動物|どうぶつ}のうちで{笑|わら}うのは{人間|にんげん}だけだ。",
      "en": "Man is the only animal that laughs.",
      "tatoeba_id": 123767
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a3e20671e2baa229ddbb52f8a0adcd9efecf08bf2578ff5ad216c9023fa4934b",
    "meanings": [
      "笑"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "しかし、彼はめったに笑いませんでした。",
        "zh": "但是，他很少笑。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "動物のうちで笑うのは人間だけだ。",
        "zh": "动物中只有人类会笑。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/327c67b830",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b60e495f2cc5b477cf629af2c2d2b3c079436289c1045f3de88a71f0884cc8a6"
  }
}