笑顔

笑顔

See also: 笑顏 and 笑颜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
笑	顔
え Grade: 4	かお > がお Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 笑 (え) (e, “smiling; laughing”) + 顔 (かお) (kao, “face”).[1][2]The kao changes to gao as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) え​がお [éꜜgàò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [e̞ɡa̠o̞]

Noun

笑顔 (hiragana えがお, rōmaji egao, historical hiragana ゑがほ)

1. smile, happy face, smiling face

   君 (きみ)の笑顔 (えがお)が見 (み)たい。

   Kimi no egao ga mitai.

   I want to see your smile.

Synonyms

• 微 (び)笑 (しょう) (bishō)
• 笑 (え)み (emi)
• 微笑 (ほほえ)み (hohoemi)

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.