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笑う

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

笑う — “to laugh, to smile”

笑う (read わらう) means to laugh, to smile. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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わらう

Meaning

to laugh, to smile

笑う in a sentence

彼かれの話はなしを聞いきいてみんな笑いわらいました。

Everyone laughed when they heard his story.

The kanji in 笑う

笑to laugh

Words that share a kanji with 笑う

笑顔えがお— smiling face, smile
微笑むほほえむ— to smile
笑いわらい— laugh, laughter, smile

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