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 141537 Priority W

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

明日の事を言えば鬼が笑う

あすのことをいえばおにがわらう

nobody knows the morrow

来年の事を言うと鬼が笑う

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

きじん

fierce god

鬼子母神

きしぼじん

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

Example Sentences

来年事を言えば鬼が笑う。

Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.

明日の事を言えば鬼が笑う。

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

来年のことを言うと鬼が笑う。

Next year is the devil's joke.

来年のことを言えば鬼が笑う。

Next year is the devil's joke.