作り笑い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
作 笑
つく
Grade: 2		 わら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 作笑 (uncommon)

Etymology

Compound of 作り (tsukuri, “making”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 作る tsukuru, “to make”) +‎ 笑い (warai, “smiling; laughing”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 笑う warau, “to smile; to laugh”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つくりわ​らい [tsùkúríwáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾʲiɰᵝa̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

作(つく)り笑(わら)い • (tsukuriwarai) ←つくりわらひ (tukuriwarafi)?

  1. a feigned or forced laugh or smile

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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