Illustration: At a family dining table, an older sibling watches a younger sibling lift the lid from a rice bowl. Beneath it sits a tiny toy frog, balanced neatly on top of the rice. The older sibling keeps their lips closed in a broad, uneven grin, cheeks lifted and eyes narrowed sideways toward the discovery.

ニヤニヤ

niyaniya

with a grin, smirking

Example sentences

トム、ニヤニヤしてる。
Tom is grinning.
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なにニヤニヤしてるんだよ。何なにかいいことあったのか。
What are you smirking at? Did something good happen?
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何なににやにやしてんの？気持きもち悪わるい。
What are you grinning for like that? It creeps me out.
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