a laugh, laughing, laughter / a smile, smiling

a smile, smiling / a bloom, blooming / the opening of a nut or other fruit as it ripens

a female given name / a surname

(in compounds) smile

Alternative form of (笑): LOL

Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the audience is laughing. / Used at the end of a phrase to indicate that the speaker is laughing.

straw bag, bale, sack

a surname

Yoshiwara, a historical red-light district on the outskirts of Edo

Alternative spelling of 童 (warashi, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)