Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
あざ
Grade: S
わら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
嘲う (rare)

Etymology edit

Compound of (aza, something off-color or not quite right, compounding element found in terms such as 嘲る (azakeru, to ridicule, to jeer at) and 欺く (azamuku, to deceive), cognate with (aza, bruise)) +‎ 笑う (warau, laugh).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "嘲笑う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
嘲笑う ざわら [àzáwáráꜜù]
Imperative (命令形) 嘲笑え ざわら [àzáwáráꜜè]
Key constructions
Passive 嘲笑われる ざわらわれ [àzáwáráwáréꜜrù]
Causative 嘲笑わせる ざわらわせ [àzáwáráwáséꜜrù]
Potential 嘲笑える ざわらえ [àzáwáráéꜜrù]
Volitional 嘲笑おう ざわらお [àzáwáráóꜜò]
Negative 嘲笑わない ざわらわない [àzáwáráwáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 嘲笑わなかった ざわらわなかった [àzáwáráwáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 嘲笑います ざわらいま [àzáwáráímáꜜsù]
Perfective 嘲笑った ざわらった [àzáwáráꜜttà]
Conjunctive 嘲笑って ざわらって [àzáwáráꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional 嘲笑えば ざわらえば [àzáwáráꜜèbà]

Verb edit

(あざ)(わら) (azawarauあざわらふ (azawarafu)?godan (stem (あざ)(わら) (azawarai), past (あざ)(わら)った (azawaratta))

  1. to laugh at, to sneer at, to deride, to mock, to scorn, to ridicule

Conjugation edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN