JLPT N3 · Noun

笑い (warai)

笑い (わらい, warai) is a Japanese noun meaning “laugh; laughter”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: わらい
Romaji: warai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

laugh; laughter · noun
smile · noun
sneer · noun · esp. 嗤い
sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.) · noun

Example sentences

赤ん坊は敵意のある笑いができるほど年をとってはいない。

The baby is not old enough to be capable of hostile laughter.

Tatoeba #142167

日本文化の文脈の中では当然と思われる微笑みも、外国人の間では、不気味な笑いとして多くの混乱を生み、また悪評が高い。

Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.

Tatoeba #122205

ぎこちない笑いをした店員が答えた。

The smirking male clerk replied.

Tatoeba #226066

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 笑い

笑

laughショウ・わら.う・え.む · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 笑い.

笑うわらうto laugh笑顔えがおsmiling face微笑むほほえむto smile微笑びしょうsmile嘲笑うあざわらうto laugh at

Source: JMdict entry 1351280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.