<entry id="2234601" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2065260</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>ほくそ笑む</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>北叟笑む</keb>
<ke_inf>&ateji;</ke_inf>
<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ほくそえむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v5m;</pos>
<pos>&vi;</pos>
<gloss>to chuckle to oneself</gloss>
<gloss>to gloat (over)</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2005-10-20 00:00:00" stat="A">
<upd_detl>Entry created</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-04-06 06:23:25" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>pupchurch</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Paul Upchurch</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>daijr/s, nikk, prog, Luminous, 研究社 新和英中辞典</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -17,0 +17,1 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to gloat&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2013-04-06 13:04:53" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-03-25 19:31:02" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>I think "snicker" has the wrong connotations.</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>daij, gg5</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -16,3 +16,2 @@
-&lt;gloss&gt;to chuckle&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to gloat&lt;/gloss&gt;
-&lt;gloss&gt;to snicker&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to chuckle to oneself&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to gloat (over)&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-03-28 01:56:32" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>"snigger" might work.</upd_detl>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-06 21:17:21" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Stephen Kraus</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>meikyo: 「北叟笑む」と当てる。
shinmeikai: 「ほくそ」を「北叟」と書くのは、借字。

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ ほくそ笑む │ 31,273 │ 70.0% │
│ 北叟笑む　 │    236 │  0.5% │ - rK, ateji
│ ほくそえむ │ 13,170 │ 29.5% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -8,0 +9,2 @@
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;ateji;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;
+&lt;ke_inf&gt;&amp;rK;&lt;/ke_inf&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-05-06 21:38:48" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>