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一笑に付する (いっしょうにふする) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ笑しょうに付ふする

also: いっしょうにふす

Meanings

1

expression, suru verb (special)

laugh off; dismiss with a laugh; pooh-pooh

Used when someone treats a remark, criticism, or problem as not worth serious consideration and dismisses it with laughter or a light attitude.

See also: 一笑に付す

彼かれは私わたしの忠ちゅう告こくを一いっ笑しょうに付ふした。
He laughed off my advice.

その噂うわさは一いっ笑しょうに付ふするのが一いち番ばんだ。

The best thing is to dismiss that rumor with a laugh.

Written forms

一いっ笑しょうに付ふする
Standard kanji form for this expression.
一いっ笑しょうに付ふす
Shorter variant; Cross-referenced with this form.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
笑laugh
付adhere, attach, refer to

Similar words

一いっ笑しょうに付ふす
Shorter form of the same expression; identical in meaning and usage.
笑わらい飛とばす
More casual and colloquial; literally 'to laugh and send flying', used for laughing something off in everyday conversation.

Etymology

Composed of 一笑 (a laugh, a smile) + に (particle) + 付する (to attach, to subject to). The literal sense is 'to subject something to a laugh', i.e., to treat it as laughable and dismiss it.