笑う

Meanings

1. to laugh
2. to smile
3. to sneer; to ridicule
4. to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

Part of speech: godan verb (う), intransitive, transitive

Kanji

• 笑

  Meanings

  laugh

  On reading

  ショウ

  Kun reading

  わら.う、え.む

  Strokes

  10

Example sentences

• クラスのもの皆が彼の冗談に笑った。

  The whole class laughed at his joke.

  Tatoeba #225586 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• しかし、彼はめったに笑いませんでした。

  But he did not often smile.

  Tatoeba #216291 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ベェーだっ！乙女のことを嗤った罰よ！

  Pfft! That's what you get for laughing at a girl!

  Tatoeba #76449 · CC BY 2.0 FR