笑わらう

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

laugh

Intransitive use for laughing aloud or reacting with laughter, often with に for what causes the laughter.

• 彼かれの冗じょう談だんにみんなが笑わらった。

  Everyone laughed at his joke.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

smile

Also means to smile, especially when the expression is gentle or quiet rather than loud laughter.

• 写しゃ真しんの中なかで彼かの女じょは優やさしく笑わらっている。

  In the photo, she is smiling gently.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

laugh at; ridicule; sneer at

Transitive use meaning to laugh at someone or something in a mocking way. The rare spelling 嗤う especially emphasizes sneering or contempt.

• 人ひとの失しっ敗ぱいを笑わらうのはよくない。

  It is not good to laugh at other people's failures.

• 彼かれは相あい手ての無む知ちを嗤わらった。

  He sneered at the other person's ignorance.

godan verb (-u), intransitive verb

be dumbfounded; be flabbergasted; can only laugh

Used mainly in the patterns 笑ってしまう and casual 笑っちゃう, expressing stunned disbelief, exasperation, or absurdity rather than simple amusement.

• 請せい求きゅう額がくを見みて、あまりの高たかさに笑わらってしまった。

  When I saw the bill, I was dumbfounded by how high it was.

• ここまで話はなしが通つうじないと、もう笑わらっちゃうよ。

  When they understand this little, all you can do is laugh in disbelief.