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
Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb
1.
(laughing) foolishly, (smiling) thoughtlessly
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word2.
indiscreetly (talking), carelessly (speaking), frivolously, flippantly
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
な-adjective, Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb
3.
thin (paper, cloth, etc.), flimsy
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
Adverb, と-adverb, する-verb
4.
flaring up, bursting into flames
Onomatopoeic or mimetic word, Archaic
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ヘラヘラ、へらへら
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へらへらとした態度の社員を首にしました。
I fired an employee with the flippant attitude.
先生:「おい!怒られている時にへらへらするな!」
Teacher: ‘Hey! Don't laugh like a fool (foolishly) when you're being scolded!'
このへらへらの下敷きは直ぐに折れてしまうに違いない。
A flimsy plastic sheet would surely snap right away.
浮気をした事がバレたのにへらへらしている妻に苛ついています。
I'm irritated with my wife, who keeps smiling thoughtlessly even though her affair has been exposed.
注意されている時にへらへらと笑って誤魔化すなんて、失礼極まりない行為だ…。
Grinning foolishly to brush things off when being corrected is extremely rude.
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