🌏 Region(s): Kanto (Tokyo), Kansai
わろた・ワロタ【笑た・笑タ】 : warota | define meaning
warota
Pronunciation: /warota/
Definition
Past Verb
- (Online slang) An online expression used to denote laughter, akin to the English internet slang "lol", "lmao", "haha", "rofl", "XD", and more literally akin to "I laughed", "I lol'ed", "good one", "(it) made me laugh", "(it) had me laughing", "(it) gave me a good laugh", etc.
Etymology
Derived from a reduction of the Western Japanese past form of the verb わらう【笑う】 warau "to laugh". Cognate to Kansai わろうた【笑うた・笑ろうた】 warouta and わろた【笑ろた】 warota; Kagoshima わるた【笑た・笑るた】 waruta (from わる waru < わるう waruu "to laugh"); and standard Japanese わらった【笑った】 waratta "laughed".
Notes
Not usually written with Kanji.
意味：わら・わらい【笑】