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): [t͡sɨkɯ̟ɾʲiβ̞a̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

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

a feigned or forced laugh or smile

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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