苦にが笑わらい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

苦笑いする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

bitter smile; wry smile; forced laugh

A smile or laugh that shows discomfort, embarrassment, or resignation rather than genuine amusement.

〈人ひと〉が苦にが笑わらいを浮うかべるfor someone to show a wry smile
彼かれはその質しつ問もんに苦にが笑わらいを浮うかべた。
He gave a wry smile at that question.
苦にが笑わらいしながら〈動どう詞し〉to do something while giving a wry smile
彼かの女じょは苦にが笑わらいしながら答こたえた。
She answered with a wry smile.
〈事こと〉が苦にが笑わらいを誘さそうfor something to prompt wry smiles
その失しっ敗ぱい談だんは皆みんなの苦にが笑わらいを誘さそった。
The story of his blunder drew wry smiles from everyone.

苦く笑しょう
苦笑 is a more literary or formal term for the same expression, often used as 苦笑する or 苦笑を浮かべる, while 苦笑い is the everyday spoken word for the same wry smile.
愛あい想そ笑わらい
愛想笑い is a polite or ingratiating smile put on for social harmony, whereas 苦笑い reflects personal discomfort or awkwardness rather than an effort to please others.
空そら笑わらい
空笑い is a hollow, forced laugh with no real feeling behind it, while 苦笑い specifically carries a note of embarrassment or resignation.
微び笑しょうN1
微笑 is a gentle, often positive smile, while 苦笑い implies discomfort or irony behind the smile.
作つくり笑わらいN1
苦笑い is a wry, awkward smile reacting to an embarrassing or ironic moment, whereas 作り笑い is a deliberately manufactured expression regardless of situation.

泣なき笑わらい
泣き笑い means laughing and crying at once (a mix of joy and sorrow), while 苦笑い is a single wry smile of embarrassment, not tears.
大おお笑わらい
苦笑い is a forced, bitter smile hiding discomfort, while 大笑い is genuine, wholehearted laughter—don't confuse the two despite both containing 笑い.

Compound of 苦 (bitter) and 笑い (laugh/smile). The reading にがわらい follows standard rendaku for 笑い.