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

Alternative spelling
笑顏 (kyūjitai)

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

(Tokyo) えがお [éꜜgàò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [e̞ɡa̠o̞]

Noun

笑(え)顔(がお) • (egao) ^{←ゑがほ (wegafo)^?}

smile, happy face, smiling face
君(きみ)の笑(え)顔(がお)が見(み)たい。
Kimi no egao ga mitai.
I want to see your smile.

Synonyms

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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