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人笑わせ (hitowarawase) Japanese meaning: ridiculous | Kotomora

人ひと笑わらわせ

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わ

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せ

Meanings

1

na-adjective, noun

ridiculous; laughable

Describes something so absurd or poorly done that it makes people laugh rather than be taken seriously. Often used critically or mockingly.

彼かれの言いい訳わけは人ひと笑

わら

わ

せ

だ

。

His excuse is laughable.

人ひと笑わらわせなミスで試し合あいに負まけた。

We lost the match due to a ridiculous mistake.

Kanji

人person
笑laugh

Related words

笑しょう止し
笑止 is more formal and literary, often used in set phrases like 笑止千万, while 人笑わせ is more colloquial and directly implies making people laugh at something absurd.
おかしい
おかしい is a broader adjective meaning 'funny' or 'strange', whereas 人笑わせ specifically emphasizes that something is so absurd it invites ridicule.

Built from

人ひと+笑わらわせる

Etymology

Compound of 人 (ひと, person) and 笑わせ (わらわせ, the causative stem of 笑う, to laugh), literally 'making people laugh'. The word is used to describe something that is so absurd it causes laughter, often in a derisive sense.