照れ笑い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
照 笑
て
Grade: 4		 わら
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 照れ (tere, “the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei), stem or continuative form of the verb 照(て)れる (tereru)”) +‎ 笑い (warai, “laugh”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) てれわ​らい [tèréwáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [te̞ɾe̞ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

照(て)れ笑(わら)い • (terewarai) 

  1. embarrassed grin

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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