Illustration: In a small apartment kitchen, a home baker lifts away a cake tin to reveal a birthday cake that has collapsed heavily to one side. The baker looks down at it with raised inner eyebrows, one corner of the mouth pulled into a small reluctant smile, and shoulders slightly slumped.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

苦にが笑わらい

nigawarai

to smile wryly

Example sentences

  1. トムは苦笑にがわらいをした。

    Tom smiled bitterly.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 中松なかまつは自分じぶんの頓馬とんまな質問しつもんに苦笑にがわらいしました。

    Nakamatsu smiled bitterly at his own stupid question.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 苦笑にがわらいを浮うかべる

    to smile wryly

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 苦笑

  • 苦suffering; trialOnクKunくるしい・くるしむ・にがい
  • 笑laughOnショウKunわらう・えむ

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