- bakushou roar of laughter (from multiple people), burst of laughter, uproarious laughter; laughing hard (of a single person)
Casual word for loud group laughter, common in media headlines and online, stronger than 笑い.
みんなで爆笑して涙が出た。
Minna de bakushou shite namida ga deta.
We all burst out laughing until we cried.
彼の話に教室中が爆笑した。
Kare no hanashi ni kyoushitsu juu ga bakushou shita.
The whole classroom roared with laughter at his story.
⚖️ Often confused with 大笑い, but 爆笑 stresses a sudden, explosive burst of many people laughing.
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