Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to make (someone) laugh, to set to laughing.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
笑わせる わらわせる
 
 
 
嗤わせる わらわせる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

laugh
わら.う え.む ショウ (4th, N3)
bamboo
たけ チク たか (1st, N2)
individual(個) variant
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
early death, calamity
ヨウ オウ カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)