笑い
N3わらい warai
- laugh
- laughter
- smile
noun
Chinese meanings
笑;笑声
Examples
- ぎこちない笑いをした店員が答えた。The smirking male clerk replied.露出尴尬笑容的店员回答了。
- 彼女は笑いをこらえられなかった。She couldn't help bursting into laughter.她忍不住笑了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('40312166c1'); // 笑い
{
"id": "40312166c1",
"word": "笑い",
"reading": "わらい",
"romaji": "warai",
"meanings": [
"laugh",
"laughter",
"smile"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1351280,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ぎこちない笑いをした店員が答えた。",
"furigana": "ぎこちない{笑|わら}いをした{店員|てんいん}が{答|こた}えた。",
"en": "The smirking male clerk replied.",
"tatoeba_id": 226066
},
{
"ja": "彼女は笑いをこらえられなかった。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{笑|わら}いをこらえられなかった。",
"en": "She couldn't help bursting into laughter.",
"tatoeba_id": 88658
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "5b2865fead29d5363087b97429d1aea10548131cb8a9cc19bbccdce530cbdc0c",
"meanings": [
"笑",
"笑声"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ぎこちない笑いをした店員が答えた。",
"zh": "露出尴尬笑容的店员回答了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は笑いをこらえられなかった。",
"zh": "她忍不住笑了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/40312166c1",
"JMdict ent_seq 1351280; 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": "8d545dfc828087f399f9f72a61b85d41ca45b202c5610e7a99eaf68cb9ed888d"
}
}