笑顔

See also: 笑顏, and 笑颜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笑	顔
え Grade: 4	かお > がお Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
笑顏 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 笑(え) (e, “smiling; laughing”) + 顔(かお) (kao, “face”). The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) えがお [éꜜgàò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [e̞ɡa̠o̞]

Noun

笑(え)顔(がお) • (egao) ^{←ゑがほ (wegafo)?}

1. smile, happy face, smiling face

   君(きみ)の笑(え)顔(がお)が見(み)たい。

   Kimi no egao ga mitai.

   I want to see your smile.

Synonyms

• 微(び)笑(しょう) (bishō)
• 笑(え)み (emi)
• 微(ほほ)笑(え)み (hohoemi)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.