How to say laugh in Japanese

JLPTN3
笑い★【わらいwarai】咲い・嗤い

noun:

  • laugh; laughter ➜ 笑う
  • smile ➜ 笑う
  • sneer - esp. 嗤い ➜ 笑う
  • sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

Example Sentences

でもdemoほんとにhontoni、エピソードEPISOODO21にniはha涙namidaがga出るderuほどhodo笑っwaraたtaよyo。
Seriously though, episode 21 made me laugh so hard I almost cried.
笑いwaraiでde誤魔化すgomakasuとto、亜美amiさんsanはhaさもsamo不機嫌fukigenそうにsouni眉を寄せたmayuwoyoseta。
Ami frowned in a very un-amused way as I brushed her off with a laugh.
例えばtatoeba、フランス人FURANSUjinならnaraロシア人ROSHIAjinのnoジョークJOOKUをwo聞いてkiiteもmoなかなかnakanaka笑えないwaraenaiかも知れないkamoshirenai。
A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
来年rainenのnoことkotoをwo言えばieba鬼oniがga笑うwarau。
Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.
僕bokuのno失敗shippaiをwo笑わないでwarawanaideくれkure。
Don't laugh at my failure.

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