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微笑 (びしょう): smile — Japanese vocabulary

微笑 is read びしょう and means "smile". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

微笑

Reading
びしょう · bishou
Translation
smile
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
びしょうが

Example

彼は微笑で悲しみを隠した。

かれはびしょうでかなしみをかくした。

He disguised his sorrow with a smile.

Kanji in this word

  • 微 — faint, minute
  • 笑 — laugh, smile

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