作り笑い

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Japanese

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

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

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Alternative forms

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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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