Word Meaning 鬼が笑う

おにがわらう oni ga warau

鬼が笑う is read as おにがわらう (oni ga warau) and means to be laughable.

Meaning

English

to be laughable
to be unrealistic

Reading

Kana

おにがわらう

Romaji

oni ga warau

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 143114 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

明日のことを言えば鬼が笑う

あすのことをいえばおにがわらう

nobody knows the morrow

来年のことを言うと鬼が笑う

らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう

nobody knows the morrow

鬼の首を取ったよう

おにのくびをとったよう

triumphant (over a mediocre achievement)

鬼

き

Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

鬼神

きしん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしもじん

Hariti (goddess of childbirth and children)

鬼才

きさい

wizard

鬼気

きき

ghastly

鬼門

きもん

weak point

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

鬼も十八

おにもじゅうはち

even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth