Chinese edit

 
big; great; huge
big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
laugh; smile
trad. (大笑)
simp. #(大笑)

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Verb edit

大笑

  1. to laugh uproariously; to burst out laughing
    他們不只談話喊叫大笑 [MSC, trad.]
    他们不只谈话喊叫大笑 [MSC, simp.]
    Tāmen bùzhǐ tánhuà, hái hǎnjiào dàxiào. [Pinyin]
    They not only talked but also shouted and laughed.

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Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 1
しょう
Grade: 4
kan’on on’yomi

Etymology 1 edit

May be an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 大笑 (dàxiào). Alternatively, derived by applying the expected on'yomi to the characters used to spell native Japanese-derived term ōwarai. First cited in Japanese with this reading in 1584.[1]

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Usage notes edit

This word is more commonly read using the kun'yomi ōwarai.

Noun edit

(たい)(しょう) (taishōたいせう (taiseu)?

  1. [from 1584] uproarious laughter
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Verb edit

(たい)(しょう)する (taishō surusuru (stem (たい)(しょう) (taishō shi), past (たい)(しょう)した (taishō shita))

  1. [from 1584] to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
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Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
おお
Grade: 1
わら(い)
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
大笑い

Compound of (ō-, big) +‎ (warai, laughing, laughter, the (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb (わら) (warau, to laugh).).[1][5][2]

First cited in 1563.[1]

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Adjective edit

(おお)(わらい) (ōwaraiおほわらひ (ofowarafi)?-na (adnominal (おお)(わらい) (ōwarai na), adverbial (おお)(わらい) (ōwarai ni))

  1. [from 1782] uproariously funny
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Noun edit

(おお)(わらい) (ōwaraiおほわらひ (ofowarafi)?

  1. [from 1563] uproarious laughter
  2. [from 1689] a ribald, obscene, or off-color story
    Synonym: 猥談 (waidan)
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Verb edit

(おお)(わらい)する (ōwarai suruおほわらひ (ofowarafi)?suru (stem (おお)(わらい) (ōwarai shi), past (おお)(わらい)した (ōwarai shita))

  1. [from 1563] to guffaw, to laugh uproariously, to roar with laughter
  2. [from 1689] to tell a ribald, obscene, or off-color story
    Synonym: 猥談する (waidan o suru)
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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 大笑”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. 4.0 4.1 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
  5. ^ 大笑い”, in デジタル大辞泉[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months