Word Meaning お笑い

おわらい owarai

お笑い is read as おわらい (owarai) and means something laughable.

Meaning

English

  1. something laughable
  2. the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.)
  3. comical (story, song)
  4. comic

Reading

Kana

おわらい

Romaji

owarai

Writing Variants

  • 御笑い おわらい owarai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 142379 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お笑い番組

おわらいばんぐみ

comedy TV show

笑い

わらい

sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)

苦笑い

にがわらい

bitter smile

大笑い

おおわらい

great laughter

作り笑い

つくりわらい

forced laugh

思い出し笑い

おもいだしわらい

reminiscent smile

人笑い

ひとわらい

something people would laugh at

高笑い

たかわらい

loud laughter

初笑い

はつわらい

first laugh of the year

半笑い

はんわらい

faint smile

物笑い

ものわらい

a laughingstock

空笑い

そらわらい

feigned laughter

Example Sentences

1

You have a sense of humour. I like that.