わらふ

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of わらふ – see the following entry.
わら
[verb] to spontaneously express joy or amusement by means of the voice or facial expression:
[verb] to laugh
[verb] to smile
[verb] to split open (as a plant bud), to bloom
[verb] to split open from ripening (as fruit or vegetables)
[verb] (figurative) to bud, become green and verdant, and bloom in spring (as the landscape)
[verb] to come undone (as a stitch or seam)
[verb] (slang) to become weak and wobbly (as in the knees)
[verb] to laugh at, to make fun of, to make a fool of
(This term, わらふ (warafu), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as わらふ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as わらふ.)