微笑む

Japanese

Compound of 頬 (hoho, “cheek”) +‎ 笑む (emu, “smile”).[1][2][3]

The spelling appears to be an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on Chinese 微笑 (literally “slight smile”).

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほほえむ [hòhóéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ho̞ho̞e̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "微笑む"

Stem forms
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	微笑む	ほほえむ	`[hòhóéꜜmù]`
Imperative (命令形)	微笑め	ほほえめ	`[hòhóéꜜmè]`
Key constructions
Passive	微笑まれる	ほほえまれる	`[hòhóémáréꜜrù]`
Causative	微笑ませる	ほほえませる	`[hòhóémáséꜜrù]`
Potential	微笑める	ほほえめる	`[hòhóéméꜜrù]`
Volitional	微笑もう	ほほえもー	`[hòhóémóꜜò]`
Negative	微笑まない	ほほえまない	`[hòhóémáꜜnàì]`
Negative perfective	微笑まなかった	ほほえまなかった	`[hòhóémáꜜnàkàttà]`
Formal	微笑みます	ほほえみます	`[hòhóémímáꜜsù]`
Perfective	微笑んだ	ほほえんだ	`[hòhóéꜜǹdà]`
Conjunctive	微笑んで	ほほえんで	`[hòhóéꜜǹdè]`
Hypothetical conditional	微笑めば	ほほえめば	`[hòhóéꜜmèbà]`

Alternative (informal):

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほおえむ [hòóéꜜmù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA^(key): [ho̞ːe̞mɯ̟ᵝ]

微笑む (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana ほほえむ, rōmaji hohoemu, historical hiragana ほほゑむ)

Conjugation of "微笑む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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