微笑む

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
Grade: 4
irregular kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
ほほ笑む
頬笑む

Etymology[edit]

Compound of (hoho, cheek) +‎ 笑む (emu, smile).[1][2][3]

The spelling appears to be an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on Chinese 微笑 (wēixiào, literally slight smile).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "微笑む"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
微笑む ほえ [hòhóéꜜmù]
Imperative (命令形) 微笑め ほえ [hòhóéꜜmè]
Key constructions
Passive 微笑まれる ほえまれ [hòhóémáréꜜrù]
Causative 微笑ませる ほえませ [hòhóémáséꜜrù]
Potential 微笑める ほえめ [hòhóéméꜜrù]
Volitional 微笑もう ほえも [hòhóémóꜜò]
Negative 微笑まない ほえまない [hòhóémáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 微笑まなかった ほえまなかった [hòhóémáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 微笑みます ほえみま [hòhóémímáꜜsù]
Perfective 微笑んだ ほえんだ [hòhóéꜜǹdà]
Conjunctive 微笑んで ほえんで [hòhóéꜜǹdè]
Hypothetical conditional 微笑めば ほえめば [hòhóéꜜmèbà]

Alternative (informal):

Verb[edit]

微笑(ほほえ) (hohoemuほほゑむ (fofowemu)?intransitive godan (stem 微笑(ほほえ) (hohoemi), past 微笑(ほほえ)んだ (hohoenda))

  1. to smile

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN