a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing) / (more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)

(telephony) a common Japanese telephone greeting: hello; used when answering the telephone / used to confirm that the person being addressed is listening, or to confirm if anyone is listening

(humble, formal) to say / (humble, formal) to be called / (humble) to ask, request, or give thanks (to a kami or buddha) / (humble) to make a wish

(rare, obsolete) Same as もうす (mōsu) above

(archaic, women's speech, humble) I; me / (modern fiction, women's speech) I; me (used by haughty women of the highest classes of society)

(archaic, historical) a hairstyle, with the hair not tied up but hanging loose, typically worn by children / (by extension, archaic) a child older than a baby but not yet an adult

smiling through tears / joy and sadness; ups and downs

to smile through tears

笑う, 咲う, 嗤う: to laugh; to smile; to bloom; to ripen and open; to come undone; to ridicule or make fun of; (slang) to go wobbly (as in the knees) / 哂う: (rare) to ridicule; to laugh derisively, to sneer

笑い: laugh, smile