Meaning

Primary

A Laugh

Alternative

Laugh

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You know that 笑う is "to laugh." This is the noun version, because the in 笑う turns to (so don't confuse this as an adjective). What is the noun version of "to laugh"? It's a laugh.

Reading

わらい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is the same as 笑う, so just make sure you know that so you can know this as well.

Context

Context Sentences

日本ではクリスマスディナーにケンタッキーを食べると言ったら、なぜか笑いが起きました。

Everybody laughed for some reason when I said that people eat KFC for Christmas dinner in Japan.

もうかれ自身多分何を笑ってるのか分からないけどただ笑いが止まらないっていうじょうたいなんだと思うよ。

I feel like he probably doesn't even know what he's laughing at anymore, but he just can't help it.

映画を見て泣くなんて、お前らしくないじゃないか。いつもどの映画のどんな深刻なシーンにも大笑いしてるのに。

It’s not like you to cry at movies. You always laugh really hard when there are any serious scenes in them.

Kanji Composition