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笑い転ける (わらいこける) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

笑わらい転こける

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Meanings

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ichidan verb, intransitive verb

roll about laughing; laugh heartily

Describes laughing so hard that one loses physical control, often bending over or rolling around. Similar to 笑い転げる, but 笑い転ける can feel slightly more colloquial or emphatic.

See also: 笑い転げる

彼かれの冗じょう談だんが面おも白しろすぎて、みんな笑わらい転こけていた。
His joke was so funny that everyone was rolling about laughing.

漫まん才ざいを見みながら、腹はらを抱かかえて笑わらい転こけた。

While watching the comedy duo, I laughed so hard I doubled over.

Written forms

笑わらい転こける
Standard kanji spelling; 転ける conveys the sense of rolling or falling over.
笑わらいこけるUsage100%
Common kana-mixed spelling; the verb part is often written in kana.
笑わらい倒こける
Rare variant using 倒ける; not commonly used in modern writing.

Kanji

笑laugh
転revolve, turn around, change
倒overthrow, fall, collapse

Similar words

笑わらい転ころげる
Very similar meaning; 笑い転げる is slightly more common and neutral, while 笑い転ける can feel more colloquial or dialectal in some regions.

Etymology

Compound of 笑い (laughing) and 転ける (to fall over, to tumble). The verb 転ける itself is related to 転ぶ (to fall).