笑み

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笑
え Grade: 4
kun'yomi

Etymology

連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 笑(え)む (emu, “to smile”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えみ [éꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [e̞mʲi]

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(Tokyo) えみ [èmíꜜ] (Odaka – [2])^[3]
IPA^(key): [e̞mʲi]

Noun

笑(え)み • (emi) ^{←ゑみ (wemi)^?}

smile

Synonyms

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN