| 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. | |
