泣なき笑わらい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

laughing while crying; smiling through tears

Describes a mixed emotional state where laughter and tears occur simultaneously, often from overwhelming joy, relief, or bittersweet feelings.

• 感かん動どうのあまり、泣なき笑わらいの表ひょう情じょうになった。

  Overcome with emotion, her face became a mixture of laughing and crying.

• 彼かれは嬉うれしさで泣なき笑わらいしながら、手て紙がみを読よんだ。

  He read the letter, laughing and crying with happiness.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

alternating laughter and tears; joy and sorrow

Refers to a situation where laughter and tears come in turns, or a mix of happy and sad moments; often used in phrases like 泣き笑いの人生 (a life of tears and laughter).

• 泣なき笑わらいの人じん生せいを送おくってきた。

  I've lived a life of tears and laughter.

• 同どう窓そう会かいでは、泣なき笑わらいしながら昔むかし話ばなしに花はなが咲さいた。

  At the reunion, we alternated between laughing and crying as we reminisced.