あざ笑う

• 読み: あざわらう
• ローマ字: azawarau
• 漢字の分解: 笑 (shō/wara) — laugh, smile
• 発音: /a.za.wa.ɾa.ɯ/

意味

To laugh at; to ridicule; to mock. Laughing scornfully at someone or their efforts.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb combining あざ (scorn) with 笑う (to laugh). Conveys contemptuous or mocking laughter directed at someone. More hostile than からかう, it implies derision and looking down on someone. Often written with hiragana for the first part.

例文

1. 失敗した人をあざ笑うのは卑怯だ。
2. 彼の提案はあざ笑われたが、結局正しかった。
3. 弱い者をあざ笑ってはいけない。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, arguments, social situations

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Combination of the prefix あざ (from 嘲, meaning to mock or scorn) and 笑う (to laugh). The full kanji form 嘲笑う exists but the mixed writing あざ笑う is standard in modern Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal