The Japanese word for to smile is
微笑む
ほほえむ - hohoemu
Japanese Definition
| smile | |
| 1. 名詞. 微笑み、微笑。 | |
| 2. 動詞. 微笑む、微笑する、にっこりする。 |
Translations for smile and their definitions
| 微笑む | |
| 1. v. to smile |
| 微笑み | |
| 1. n. smile |
| 笑う | |
| 1. v. to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression: | |
| 2. v. to laugh | |
| 3. v. to smile | |
| マイクがよく笑いますよね。 - Mike laughs / smiles a lot, doesn't he. | |
| 4. v. to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom | |
| 桜の花が笑う - the cherry flowers bloom | |
| 5. v. to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables) | |
| 栗が笑っている時期 - the season when the chestnuts ripen and split open | |
| 6. v. (metaphor) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape) | |
| 山の景色が笑う - the mountain landscape comes alive / quickens / blooms | |
| 7. v. to come undone (as a stitch or seam) | |
| 縫い目が笑っている - the seam is coming open | |
| 8. v. (slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees) | |
| 膝が笑う - go wobbly in the knees | |
| 9. v. to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of | |
| ジュディは私を笑った。 - Judy laughed at me / made fun of me / made a fool of me. |
| 笑み | |
| 1. n. smile |
| 笑顔 | |
| 1. n. smile, happy face, smiling face | |
| 君の笑顔が見たい。 - I want to see your smile. |
| 微笑 | |
| 1. n. smile |
Dictionary entries from Wiktionary
Pronunciation
(hohoemu)
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