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ほくそ笑む北叟笑む [ateji,rK]
ほくそえむ
1. [v5m,vi]
▶ to chuckle to oneself
▶ to gloat (over)

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2023-05-06 21:38:48  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6. A* 2023-05-06 21:17:21  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  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─┴────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,2 @@
+<ke_inf>&ateji;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
5. A 2018-03-28 01:56:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
"snigger" might work.
4. A* 2018-03-25 19:31:02  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daij, gg5
  Comments:
I think "snicker" has the wrong connotations.
  Diff:
@@ -16,3 +16,2 @@
-<gloss>to chuckle</gloss>
-<gloss>to gloat</gloss>
-<gloss>to snicker</gloss>
+<gloss>to chuckle to oneself</gloss>
+<gloss>to gloat (over)</gloss>
3. A 2013-04-06 13:04:53  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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