笑わらい

noun

laugh; laughter

General noun for the act or sound of laughing; can be used for happy, amused, or involuntary laughter.

See also: 笑う

• 彼かれの冗じょう談だんに大おおきな笑わらいが起おこった。

  His joke brought a big laugh.

• 笑わらいが止とまらなかった。

  I couldn't stop laughing.

noun

smile

Refers to a smile, often a gentle or pleasant one; overlaps with 笑顔 but 笑い can also imply a smiling expression or a soft laugh.

See also: 笑う

• 彼かの女じょの口くち元もとにほのかな笑わらいが浮うかんだ。

  A faint smile appeared on her lips.

noun

sneer; derisive laugh

Only when written 嗤い

Derisive or scornful laughter; often written with the rare kanji 嗤い to emphasize the negative nuance.

See also: 笑う

• 彼かれの失しっ敗ぱいを見みて、嗤わらいが漏もれた。

  A sneer escaped as they watched his failure.

noun

sex aids; erotic items

Euphemistic or historical term for sex-related items such as dildos, pornographic books, or erotic prints; now rare and mostly encountered in older texts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの笑わらい本ぼんは、現げん代だいのポルノ雑ざっ誌しにあたる。

  Edo-period 笑い本 were the equivalent of modern pornographic magazines.