I Love Kanji微笑む (hohoemu)
微笑む (ほほえむ, hohoemu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to smile”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ほほえむ
- Romaji
- hohoemu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to smile · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 微笑む
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in む. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 微笑む | ほほえむ hohoemu |
| Polite (~masu) | 微笑みます | ほほえみます hohoemimasu |
| Negative | 微笑まない | ほほえまない hohoemanai |
| Polite negative | 微笑みません | ほほえみません hohoemimasen |
| Past | 微笑んだ | ほほえんだ hohoenda |
| Polite past | 微笑みました | ほほえみました hohoemimashita |
| Negative past | 微笑まなかった | ほほえまなかった hohoemanakatta |
| Te-form | 微笑んで | ほほえんで hohoende |
| Potential | 微笑める | ほほえめる hohoemeru |
| Passive | 微笑まれる | ほほえまれる hohoemareru |
| Causative | 微笑ませる | ほほえませる hohoemaseru |
| Volitional | 微笑もう | ほほえもう hohoemou |
| Imperative | 微笑め | ほほえめ hohoeme |
| Conditional (~ba) | 微笑めば | ほほえめば hohoemeba |
Kanji in 微笑む
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 微笑む.
微妙びみょうsubtle顕微鏡けんびきょうmicroscope微かかすかfaint微量びりょうminuscule amount微塵みじんparticle微笑びしょうsmile笑うわらうto laugh笑顔えがおsmiling face笑いわらいlaugh嘲笑うあざわらうto laugh at
Source: JMdict entry 1486030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.