微笑む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
Grade: 4
irregular kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
ほほ笑む
頬笑む

Etymology

Compound of (hoho, cheek) +‎ 笑む (emu, smile).[1][2][3]

The spelling appears to be an example of jukujikun (熟字訓), based on Chinese 微笑 (wēixiào, literally slight smile).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「微笑む
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
微笑む ほえ
Imperative (命令形) 微笑め ほえ
Key constructions
Passive 微笑まれる ほえまれ
Causative 微笑ませる ほえませ
Potential 微笑める ほえめ
Volitional 微笑もう ほえも
Negative 微笑まない ほえまない
Negative perfective 微笑まなかった ほえまなかった
Formal 微笑みます ほえみま
Perfective 微笑んだ ほえんだ
Conjunctive 微笑んで ほえんで
Hypothetical conditional 微笑めば ほえめば

Alternative (informal):

Verb

微笑(ほほえ) (hohoemuほほゑむ (fofowemu)?intransitive godan (stem 微笑(ほほえ) (hohoemi), past 微笑(ほほえ)んだ (hohoenda))

  1. to smile

Conjugation

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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN