微笑み

Japanese
Kanji in this term
微 笑
Grade: S え
Grade: 4
Irregular

Etymology

Nominative form of 微笑 (ほほえ)む (hohoemu, “to smile”), corresponding to 頬 (ほほ) (hoho, “cheek”) + 笑 (え)み (emi, “a smile”).

Noun

微笑み (hiragana ほほえみ, rōmaji hohoemi, historical hiragana ほほゑみ)

  1. smile

Synonyms
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