作り笑い – vocab dash

作つくり笑わらい

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. forced laugh; forced smile

Kanji used

Pitch accent

つくりわらい

Composed of

making; producing; manufacturing; building; construction; make; structure; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; …

Noun

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

Noun

Examples1

「怒おこってない。ほら見みて、このにこやかな笑え顔がお」「それは作つくり笑わらいっていうんですよ」

"I'm not angry. Look, see this smiling face?" "That's what they call a forced smile!"