苦笑い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
にが
Grade: 3
わら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) がわらい [nìgáwáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡa̠ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠i]

Adjective

(にが)(わら) • (nigawarai) -i (adverbial (にが)(わら) (nigawaraku))

  1. bitter/forced/wry smile/laugh

Inflection

See also

References

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