Vocab Info

N1 Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb, な-adjective

へらへらfoolishly (laughing), thoughtlessly (smiling), indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly, thin (paper, cloth, etc.), weak-bodied, flaring up, bursting into flames

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 1.

        (laughing) foolishly, (smiling) thoughtlessly

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

      2. 2.

        indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    2. な-adjective, Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 3.

        thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word

    3. Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb

      1. 4.

        flaring up, bursting into flames

        Onomatopoeic or mimetic word, Archaic

    All Forms

    ヘラヘラ、へらへら

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    Examples

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    • へらへらとした態度(たいど)の社員(しゃいん)を首(くび)にしました。

      I fired an employee with the flippant attitude.

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    • 先生(せんせい)：「おい！怒(おこ)られている時(とき)にへらへらするな！」

      Teacher: ‘Hey! Don't laugh like a fool (foolishly) when you're being scolded!'

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    • このへらへらの下敷(したじ)きは直(す)ぐに折(お)れてしまうに違(ちが)いない。

      A flimsy plastic sheet would surely snap right away.

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    • 浮気(うわき)をした事(こと)がバレたのにへらへらしている妻(つま)に苛(いら)ついています。

      I'm irritated with my wife, who keeps smiling thoughtlessly even though her affair has been exposed.

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    • 注意(ちゅうい)されている時(とき)にへらへらと笑(わら)って誤魔化(ごまか)すなんて、失礼(しつれい)極(きわ)まりない行為(こうい)だ…。

      Grinning foolishly to brush things off when being corrected is extremely rude.

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