笑う

Etymology
Derived from verb, as imperfect form wara- + auxiliary verb : "to be in the act of cracking up / breaking open".

Verb

 * 1) to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:
 * 2) to laugh
 * 3) to smile
 * 4) to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom
 * 5) to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)
 * 6)  to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)
 * 7) to come undone (as a stitch or seam)
 * 8)  to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)
 * 1)  to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)
 * 2) to come undone (as a stitch or seam)
 * 3)  to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)
 * 1) to come undone (as a stitch or seam)
 * 2)  to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)
 * 1)  to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)


 * 1) to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of

Synonyms

 * ; ; ; ; : to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at
 * ; ; ; ; : to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at
 * ; ; ; ; : to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at
 * ; ; ; ; : to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at
 * ; ; ; ; : to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at
 * ; ; ; ; : to laugh at, to ridicule, to jeer at

Idioms

 * : "arrows won't pierce a smiling face" → someone approaching in friendship will not be fired upon; a smile will melt away hostility
 * : "a smiling face won't get hit" → someone approaching in friendship will not be attacked; a smile will melt away hostility
 * : "the smiling mountains" →
 * : "you can't take the measure of a smiling man" → someone who is always smiling is hard to read, and may thus be more predator than pal: be wary of charmers
 * : "fortune comes to the smiling door" → happiness brings good luck, laugh and grow fat
 * : "laughter three years, crying three months" → a metaphorical rule of thumb for how long it takes to learn proper expression in the traditional style of dramatic recital
 * : "to sharpen a sword while laughing / smiling" → to make oneself appear happy while thinking hostile thoughts
 * : "laughter is medicine for people" → laughter is the best medicine
 * : "no one's been hurt by smiling" → a smile never hurts
 * : "the only one to make a loss on laughing is an embosser" → if an embosser laughs, the gold foil they work with would go flying, but for anyone else, laughter brings good fortune
 * : "laugh and grow fat" → happiness brings good luck
 * ; : "you can live crying, or live laughing"
 * : "if it's not laughed at, it's not enough to be the right way" → from the way a fool will laugh when told the way to do something, so if it's not enough for even a fool to laugh at, then it must not have any value at all

Derived terms

 * : LOL
 * : a laugh, laughter; a smile
 * : a big laugh, a guffaw, uproarious laughter
 * : a funny picture; pornography
 * : a smiling face
 * : a laughingstock
 * : a laughingstock
 * : a drug or medicine that makes someone laugh for no reason
 * : to be convulsed with laughter
 * : a laughing or smiling mouth
 * : laughter
 * : to laugh one's head off, to split one's sides, ROFL
 * : a laughing matter
 * : to fall down laughing, to laugh one's head off, ROFL
 * : to laugh merrily, as in a group
 * : [in] a laughing manner, laughingly
 * : in Noh theatre, the traditional mask of a smiling man
 * : a happy or cheerful drinker; someone who laughs easily
 * : a laugh line, a facial wrinkle from smiling
 * , : blooming first in early spring
 * : the "laughing mushroom": Panaeolus papilionaceus, a poisonous mushroom, so called for the spontaneous laughter it causes when eaten due to its neurotoxic effects
 * : to burst out laughing; to deride someone
 * : something used to invite laughter; sex toys
 * : to laugh something off
 * : a funny story
 * : a book of : a book of funny pictures; a book of pornography
 * , : a laughingstock
 * :, the laughing kookaburra
 * , : a statue of a smiling or laughing Buddha; statues of ancient poets of similar appearance and placed in front of a