笑う (Warau) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to laugh, to smile, to sneer, to ridicule”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto laugh
- godan verb, intransitive verbto smile
- godan verb, transitive verbto sneer; to ridiculeesp. 嗤う
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be dumbfounded; to be flabbergastedas 笑ってしまう or 笑っちゃう
Examples
彼を笑い者にする。
It makes him a laughingstock.
目くそ鼻くそを笑う。
The pot calls the kettle black.
妹は心ゆくまで笑った。
My sister laughed to her heart's content.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).