Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
ほくそ笑む
北叟笑む

Etymology edit

Possibly from 北叟 (hokuso, alteration from 北叟 (hokusou)) +‎ 笑む (emu, to smile). Alternatively, 北叟 may be ateji (当て字).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ほくそえむ (hokusoemuほくそゑむ (fokusowemu)?intransitive godan (stem ほくそえみ (hokusoemi), past ほくそえんだ (hokusoenda))

  1. to gloat, chuckle

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN