わらいばなし

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Japanese

Alternative spellings
笑い話笑話 (dated)

Etymology

From 笑(わら)い (warai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 笑(わら)う (warau).”) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) わらいばなし (Nakadaka – )^[1]
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Noun

わらいばなし • (waraibanashi) ^{←わらひばなし (warafibanasi)^?}

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References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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