つくりわらい
Tsukuriwarai
作り笑い (Tsukuriwarai) is a Japanese noun meaning “forced laugh, forced smile”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbforced laugh; forced smile
Examples
「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!"
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).