笑
Meanings
Noun
1. laugh; laughter
2. smile
3. sneer (esp. 嗤い)
4. sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
Other spellings
笑い
Kanji used
Pitch accent
わらい
Used in vocabulary
泣き笑い
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
Noun
Examples31
日本
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.
赤ん坊
The baby is not old enough to be capable of hostile laughter.
ぎこちない
The smirking male clerk replied.
君の
I like the way you smile.
彼
It makes him a laughingstock.
人
It is rude to laugh at others.