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あざ笑う is an exact match with one form of the following word:
あざ笑う
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Reading : あざわらう   
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to sneer at; to ridicule
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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あざ笑う is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 75,000 (about 3,690,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
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Example sentences:
かれ
あざ
わら
ふと
みみ
にした

I overheard their mockery.
だれ
あざ
わら
っている

Who are you laughing at?
われわれ
まず
しい
ひと
あざ
わら
って
はいけない
We must not laugh at the poor.
嘲笑う
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Readings : あざわらう    せせらわらう   
嘲笑う can be read in 2 ways: あざわらう (60%), せせらわらう (40%).
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• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 175,000 (about 418,000 results)
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せせら笑う
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Reading : せせらわらう   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 233,000 (about 63,800 results)
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嘲ら笑う
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Reading : せせらわらう   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 244,000 (about 24,400 results)
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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
チョウ   あざけ to make fun of, to ridicule, to scorn   
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チョウ   あさ morning   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ten times earlier
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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