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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

微笑ほほえむ

N3
ほほえむ hohoemu
  1. to smile
godan verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

微笑

Examples

  • 私わたしは赤あかちゃんを見みると微笑ほほえまずにはいられない。
    I cannot help smiling at babies.
    我一看到婴儿就忍不住微笑。
  • 彼かの女じょは微笑ほほえんで私わたしを迎むかえてくれた。
    She greeted me with a smile.
    她微笑着迎接我。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('702cecd159'); // 微笑む
{
  "id": "702cecd159",
  "word": "微笑む",
  "reading": "ほほえむ",
  "romaji": "hohoemu",
  "meanings": [
    "to smile"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5m",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1486030,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私は赤ちゃんを見ると微笑まずにはいられない。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{赤|あか}ちゃんを{見|み}ると{微笑|ほほえ}まずにはいられない。",
      "en": "I cannot help smiling at babies.",
      "tatoeba_id": 155516
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は微笑んで私を迎えてくれた。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{微笑|ほほえ}んで{私|わたし}を{迎|むか}えてくれた。",
      "en": "She greeted me with a smile.",
      "tatoeba_id": 87104
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "cdd367b218b074a01049b3c8fc2ef096fd15b65fe09208e764cf75e9568b935e",
    "meanings": [
      "微笑"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私は赤ちゃんを見ると微笑まずにはいられない。",
        "zh": "我一看到婴儿就忍不住微笑。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は微笑んで私を迎えてくれた。",
        "zh": "她微笑着迎接我。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/702cecd159",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1486030; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "e0ff8da2a4efe68d654aac0f0d6c792785fd58be372e677dc43cf5cea4e62b1c"
  }
}