ゲラゲラ

• 読み: げらげら
• ローマ字: gera gera
• 発音: /ge.ɾa.ge.ɾa/

意味

Laughing loudly, boisterously, or cackling without restraint.

ゲラゲラ describes uninhibited, loud laughter — the kind that fills a room and turns heads. It can be positive (friends cracking up together) but sometimes carries a negative nuance of laughing too loudly or inappropriately. In Japanese social settings where restraint is valued, ゲラゲラ笑う can be seen as impolite. The related slang ゲラ (gera) means someone who laughs easily at everything — a giggler.

例文

1. お笑い番組見てゲラゲラ笑ってたら隣に怒られた。
2. 友達とゲラゲラ笑い転げた夜が一番楽しい。
3. あの人ゲラだから何言ってもゲラゲラ笑うよ。

使い方ガイド

場面: friends, entertainment, describing laughter

トーン: boisterous, unrestrained

正しい言い方

• ゲラゲラ笑いすぎてお腹痛い (I laughed so hard my stomach hurts)
• あいつマジでゲラだよな (That guy seriously laughs at everything)

避ける言い方

• 静かな場所でゲラゲラ笑うのはマナー違反 (Cackling in a quiet place is bad manners)

よくある間違い

• Using ゲラゲラ in formal writing — it's very colloquial and onomatopoeic
• Confusing with クスクス which is quiet giggling — ゲラゲラ is always loud

起源と歴史

Onomatopoeia imitating the sound of loud, uncontrolled laughter. The hard ゲ sound emphasizes the volume and force of the laugh. ゲラ as a noun (someone who laughs easily) is a modern abbreviation.

文化的背景

時代: Traditional onomatopoeia

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. The noun ゲラ is popular slang especially among younger speakers.