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爆笑
Bakusho is an explosion of laughter, used for an audience convulsing or one person losing control. It is stronger than warai and often appears as bakusho suru or in the subtitles that flash on Japanese variety shows when the studio erupts.
Examples in context
客席が爆笑に包まれた。
The audience was engulfed in roaring laughter.
昨日の話を思い出して爆笑した。
I burst out laughing remembering yesterday's story.
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