EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

    forced laugh; forced smile

    「怒ってない。ほら見て、このにこやかな笑顔」「それは作り笑いっていうんですよ」
    "I'm not angry. Look, see this smiling face?" "That's what they call a forced smile!"
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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

make, production, prepare, build

Kun
つく.るつく.り-づく.り
On
サク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
103 of 2500
Radical
person
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

くりさかさっづくりともなおはぎまさか

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-2-5SKIP code
2a5.10The Kanji Dictionary
2821.1Four corner code
2154deroo
4f5cUnicode hex code
1-26-78JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
407Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
167New Nelson (John Haig)
68New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
77Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
52Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1142Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1224Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
99A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
362Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
147Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
518Morohashi
127A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
360Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
361Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
82sakade
116Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
141henshall3
144Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
120crowley
137Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.4busy_people
75Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1151Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zuo1, zuo4, zuo2Pinyin reading
jag, ja, juKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

laugh

Kun
わら.うえ.む
On
ショウ
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
913 of 2500
Radical
bamboo
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

えみ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
2-6-4SKIP code
6f4.1The Kanji Dictionary
8843.2Four corner code
2363deroo
7b11Unicode hex code
1-30-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3374Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4256New Nelson (John Haig)
2646New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3275Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1692Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2300Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1008Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
889A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1209Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1147Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25885Morohashi
900A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1235Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1299Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
791Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
537henshall3
548Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
482crowley
251Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1472Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
947Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao4Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level