Illustration: On a commuter train, a tired-looking woman notices a toddler across the aisle carefully trying to put a fallen sock back onto a stuffed rabbit. Her lips lift into a small closed-mouth smile, her eyes soften, and her shoulders relax while she watches.

JLPT N3verbLevel estimated by Bebop

微笑ほほえむ

hohoemu

to smile

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは赤あかちゃんを見みると微笑ほほえまずにはいられない。

    I cannot help smiling at babies.

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  2. アリスは微笑ほほえんだ。

    Alice smiled.

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  3. 微笑ほほえみつづけなさい。

    Keep on smiling.

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Kanji in 微笑

  • 微delicate; minutenessOnビKunかすか
  • 笑laughOnショウKunわらう・えむ

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