なきわらい

Japanese
Alternative spelling
泣き笑い

Etymology

From 泣(な)き (naki, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 泣(な)く (naku).”) + 笑(わら)い (warai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 笑(わら)う (warau).”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) なきわらい [nàkíwáráí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) なきわ​らい [nàkíwáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [na̠kʲiɰᵝa̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

なきわらい • (nakiwarai) ←なきわらひ (nakiwarafi)?

  1. smiling through tears
  2. joy and sadness; ups and downs

Verb

なきわらいする • (nakiwarai suru) ←なきわらひ (nakiwarafi)?suru (stem なきわらいし (nakiwarai suru shi), past なきわらいした (nakiwarai suru shita))

  1. to smile through tears

Conjugation
Conjugation of "なきわらいする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") なきわらいし nakiwarai shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") なきわらいし nakiwarai shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") なきわらいする nakiwarai suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") なきわらいする nakiwarai suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") なきわらいすれ nakiwarai sure
Meireikei ("imperative") なきわらいせよ¹
なきわらいしろ²		 nakiwarai seyo¹
nakiwarai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive なきわらいされる nakiwarai sareru
Causative なきわらいさせる
なきわらいさす		 nakiwarai saseru
nakiwarai sasu
Potential なきわらいできる nakiwarai dekiru
Volitional なきわらいしよう nakiwarai shiyō
Negative なきわらいしない nakiwarai shinai
Negative continuative なきわらいせず nakiwarai sezu
Formal なきわらいします nakiwarai shimasu
Perfective なきわらいした nakiwarai shita
Conjunctive なきわらいして nakiwarai shite
Hypothetical conditional なきわらいすれば nakiwarai sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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