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笑い
Warai is laughter as a phenomenon. The phrase warai wo toru, to take a laugh, is what a performer is trying to do. Written as a suffix in the comedy world, it names the whole genre. Related to the verb warau.
Examples in context
会場から大きな笑いが起こった。
Big laughter broke out from the audience.
彼の話にはいつも笑いがある。
There is always laughter in his stories.
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