嘲笑う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
あざ
Grade: S
わら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of (aza, something off-color or not quite right, compounding element found in terms such as 嘲る (azakeru, to ridicule, to jeer at) and 欺く (azamuku, to deceive), cognate with (aza, bruise)) + 笑う (warau, laugh).[1]

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Verb

嘲笑う (godan conjugation, hiragana あざわらう, rōmaji azawarau, historical hiragana あざわらふ)

  1. to laugh at, to sneer at, to deride, to mock, to scorn, to ridicule

Conjugation

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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