► 副詞
へらへら [(1)へらへら] [へらへらする] [coll] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 何ヘラヘラしてんだ？ ⇨ What are your sneering about?
► 動詞
笑う [わらう] meaning: laugh rank: 1
☆ 彼が転んで思わず笑ってしまった ⇨ He fell and I couldn’t help but laugh
☆ 彼の言う事は余りに馬鹿らしくて笑ってしまった ⇨ What he said was so ludicrous I just couldn’t help but laugh
☆ 笑わせるな！ ⇨ Don’t make me laugh! Bullshit!
大爆笑 [(3)だいばくしょう] [大爆笑する] [coll] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 彼の冗談に皆大爆笑した ⇨ Everybody laughed out loud at his joke
爆笑 [ばくしょう] [爆笑する] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 彼の冗談に皆爆笑した ⇨ His joke made everybody laugh out loud
吹き出す [(3)ふきだす] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 彼のかつらが吹き飛んで僕は思わず吹き出してしまった ⇨ His wig got blown away and I couldn’t help but laugh (☛ Not burst into laughter, but spasmodically blow air out from mouth and nose)
苦笑 [くしょう] [苦笑する] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼は子供の素直な観察に苦笑した ⇨ He could only smile awkwardly at the honest observation of the child
失笑 [しっしょう] [失笑する] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼の馬鹿げた発言に私は失笑した ⇨ His ridiculous remark made me laugh. I found his remark laughable (☛ The original meaning is “can’t help laughing”, but in recent years many people use it as “too absurd you can’t even laugh”)
吹く [(1)ふく] [coll] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 思わず吹いてしまった ⇨ I couldn’t help but laugh (☛ Not burst into laughter, but spasmodically blow air out from mouth and nose)
抱腹絶倒 [ほうふくぜっとう] [抱腹絶倒する] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼の冗談に皆抱腹絶倒した ⇨ Everybody has gone crazy with his joke (☛ Literally means “hold one’s stomach and fall down”)
ほくそ笑む [(4)ほくそえむ] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼は相手が罠に掛かったのを見てほくそ笑んだ ⇨ He saw his enemy took the bait and smiled knowingly
自嘲 [じちょう] [自嘲する] meaning: laugh rank: 4
☆ 本当に頭が良い人は自嘲することが出来る ⇨ Truly smart people can laugh at themselves, be self-deprecating (☛ Laugh at oneself)
せせら笑う [(5)せせらわらう] meaning: laugh rank: 4
☆ 彼は私の申し入れをせせら笑った ⇨ He sneered at my offer (☛ Laugh contemptuously)
冷笑 [れいしょう] [冷笑する] meaning: laugh rank: 4
☆ 彼は私の申し出に冷笑した ⇨ He sneered at my offer (☛ Literally means “smile coldly”)
笑いこける [(5)わらいこける] meaning: laugh rank: 4
☆ 彼の冗談に皆笑いこけた ⇨ Everybody laughed out loud at his joke (☛ Literally “laugh and fall”)
笑い飛ばす [(5)わらいとばす] meaning: laugh rank: 4
☆ 彼は自分の失敗は笑い飛ばそうとする ⇨ He tries to laugh off his own mistakes
► 成句
笑い [わらい] [笑いが止まらない] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 商売が儲かって笑いが止まらない ⇨ I can’t stop laughing because my business is booming
► 名詞
大笑い [(3)おおわらい] [大笑いする] [coll] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 彼のバカさ加減に皆大笑いした ⇨ Everybody laughed out loud at his stupidity
☆ 彼の冗談に皆大笑いした ⇨ Everybody laughed out loud at his joke
爆笑 [ばくしょう] [coll] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ その場にいたものは全員爆笑だった ⇨ Everybody on the spot laughed out loud
笑い [わらい] [liter] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 私は笑いを堪えるのに必死だった ⇨ I was struggling to suppress my laughter
笑い声 [(4)わらいごえ] meaning: laugh rank: 2
☆ 家の中から皆の笑い声が聞こえた ⇨ I heard everybody laughing inside the house
苦笑 [くしょう] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼の顔に苦笑が浮かんだ ⇨
失笑 [しっしょう] [失笑を買う] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼の発言は皆の失笑を買った ⇨ His comment earned everybody’s ridicule (☛ Laugh in disgust)
馬鹿笑い [(3)ばかわらい] [馬鹿笑いする] meaning: laugh rank: 3
☆ 彼は上司の冗談に馬鹿笑いする ⇨ He laughs like an idiot at his boss’s jokes (☛ Laugh stupidly)
愛想笑い [(4)あいそわらい] meaning: laugh rank: 4
☆ 彼は上司の冗談に愛想笑いした ⇨ He fake-laughed at his boss’s joke