Word Meaning 似非笑い

えせわらい esewarai

似非笑い is read as えせわらい (esewarai) and means smirk.

Meaning

English

  1. smirk
  2. affected smile

Reading

Kana

えせわらい

Romaji

esewarai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 133264 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

似非事

えせごと

laughable affair

似非科学

えせかがく

pseudoscience

似非親

えせおや

distant disinterested parent

似非学者

えせがくしゃ

pseudo-scholar

似非

えせ

false

似て非なる

にてひなる

similar but different

似非者

えせもの

sham

似非理屈

えせりくつ

sophistry

似合い

にあい

well-matched (esp. of a couple)