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Meaning of 作り笑い(つくりわらい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 作り笑い

Kana Reading つくりわらい

Romaji tsukuriwarai

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

forced laugh; forced smile

Example sentence

「怒ってない。ほら見て、このにこやかな笑顔」「それは作り笑いっていうんですよ」 I'm not angry. Look, see this smiling face? "That's what they call a forced smile!"

Examples of 作り笑い, つくりわらい in a sentence

「怒ってない。ほら見て、このにこやかな笑顔」「それは作り笑いっていうんですよ」

I'm not angry. Look, see this smiling face? "That's what they call a forced smile!"

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Kanji in this word

笑 JLPT 3

10 strokes

laugh

On'Yomi: ショウ

Kun'Yomi: わら.う, え.む

作 JLPT 4

7 strokes

make, production, prepare, build

On'Yomi: サク, サ

Kun'Yomi: つく.る, つく.り, -づく.り

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