嘲笑う

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 嘲 (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 痣 (aza, “bruise”)) +‎ 笑う (warau, “laugh”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • 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 あざわらう
Imperative (命令形) 嘲笑え あざわらえ
Key constructions
Passive 嘲笑われる あざわらわれる
Causative 嘲笑わせる あざわらわせる
Potential 嘲笑える あざわらえる
Volitional 嘲笑おう あざわらおー
Negative 嘲笑わない あざわらわない
Negative perfective 嘲笑わなかった あざわらわなかった
Formal 嘲笑います あざわらいます
Perfective 嘲笑った あざわらった
Conjunctive 嘲笑って あざわらって
Hypothetical conditional 嘲笑えば あざわらえば

Verb

嘲(あざ)笑(わら)う • (azawarau) ←あざわらふ (azawarafu)?godan (stem 嘲(あざ)笑(わら)い (azawarai), past 嘲(あざ)笑(わら)った (azawaratta))

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嘲笑う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 嘲笑わ あざわらわ azawarawa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 嘲笑い あざわらい azawarai
Shūshikei ("terminal") 嘲笑う あざわらう azawarau
Rentaikei ("attributive") 嘲笑う あざわらう azawarau
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 嘲笑え あざわらえ azawarae
Meireikei ("imperative") 嘲笑え あざわらえ azawarae
Key constructions
Passive 嘲笑われる あざわらわれる azawarawareru
Causative 嘲笑わせる
嘲笑わす 		あざわらわせる
あざわらわす 		azawarawaseru
azawarawasu
Potential 嘲笑える あざわらえる azawaraeru
Volitional 嘲笑おう あざわらおう azawaraō
Negative 嘲笑わない あざわらわない azawarawanai
Negative continuative 嘲笑わず あざわらわず azawarawazu
Formal 嘲笑います あざわらいます azawaraimasu
Perfective 嘲笑った あざわらった azawaratta
Conjunctive 嘲笑って あざわらって azawaratte
Hypothetical conditional 嘲笑えば あざわらえば azawaraeba

See also

References

  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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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