わらいばなし

Japanese
Alternative spellings
笑い話
笑話 (dated)

Etymology

From 笑(わら)い (warai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 笑(わら)う (warau).”) + 話(はなし) (hanashi). The hanashi changes to banashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) わらいば​なし [wàráíbáꜜnàshì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɰᵝa̠ɾa̠iba̠na̠ɕi]

Noun

わらいばなし • (waraibanashi) ←わらひばなし (warafibanasi)?

  1. funny story

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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