苦笑

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Chinese

bitter; intensely; miserable
bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
 
 laugh; smile
trad. (苦笑) 苦 笑
simp. #(苦笑) 苦 笑

Pronunciation

Verb

苦笑

  1. to smile a bitter smile; to force a smile; to smile wryly

Japanese

Kanji in this term
苦 笑
く
Grade: 3 		しょう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

苦(く)笑(しょう) • (kushō) 

  1. bitter smile; forced smile

Verb

苦(く)笑(しょう)する • (kushō suru) suru (stem 苦(く)笑(しょう)し (kushō shi), past 苦(く)笑(しょう)した (kushō shita))

  1. to smile a bitter smile; to force a smile

Conjugation

Conjugation of "苦笑する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 苦笑し くしょうし kushō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 苦笑し くしょうし kushō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 苦笑する くしょうする kushō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 苦笑する くしょうする kushō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 苦笑すれ くしょうすれ kushō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 苦笑せよ¹
苦笑しろ² 		くしょうせよ¹
くしょうしろ² 		kushō seyo¹
kushō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 苦笑される くしょうされる kushō sareru
Causative 苦笑させる
苦笑さす 		くしょうさせる
くしょうさす 		kushō saseru
kushō sasu
Potential 苦笑できる くしょうできる kushō dekiru
Volitional 苦笑しよう くしょうしよう kushō shiyō
Negative 苦笑しない くしょうしない kushō shinai
Negative continuative 苦笑せず くしょうせず kushō sezu
Formal 苦笑します くしょうします kushō shimasu
Perfective 苦笑した くしょうした kushō shita
Conjunctive 苦笑して くしょうして kushō shite
Hypothetical conditional 苦笑すれば くしょうすれば kushō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

See also

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