- shoushi laughable, ridiculous, pitiful, contemptible, absurdity
笑止 is a literary or formal word used to express contempt or mockery, often in the phrase '笑止千万', and is rarely used in everyday conversation.
彼の失敗を笑止に思う。
Kare no shippai o shoushi ni omou.
I find his failure laughable.
その言い訳は笑止千万だ。
Sono iiwake wa shoushi senban da.
That excuse is utterly ridiculous.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 笑止千万 (shoushi senban), which is a fixed phrase meaning 'extremely laughable'.
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