How do you say, "smile" in Japanese?

Question

Please help, i have to take pictures of japanese people, so please help me by Sunday!

Answer 1

Hohoemi= smile 微笑み

To smile= hohoemu 微笑む

Please smile= Hohoende kudasai 微笑んでください。

Since you're taking pictures, chiizu is sufficient.

チーズ  It means, "Say cheese!"  

Answer 2

微笑

Answer 3

Hello!

The Japanese word for "smile" is: egao

BUT! With saying for them to smile in a photo, you know how we say "say cheese"? Well the Japanese have adopted this also. So when you are photographing a Japanese person, say to them: chiizu and that means "say cheese".

So when taking otos of them, say to them "chiizu" pronounced: chee (as in cheese) and zoo (as in an animal zoo).

chee-zoo (make the "oo" sound shorter though)!

Hope this helps!

Beau

Answer 4

warai or fukumiwarai or sumairu or emi or hohoemi or bishou

Good luck!

Answer 5

微笑 means smile

For translations go to the following site:

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

Good Luck

Ladydi_in the city

Answer 6

"Hohoemi" is "smile" as a noun.

"Egao" technically means "smiling face".

If you're taking a picture, Beau is right.  The standard expression when someone takes a photo is, "Hai, chee-zoo!" which translates to "ok, say cheese!"  

Alternatively, when asking/telling someone to smile you can say, "waratte kudasai".  (This also works in the context of taking a picture.)  "Waratte" means "laugh (please)", but in this context it is interchangeable with the English word "smile".

Informally, "niko-niko!" is a descriptive word for smiling.  I use that word to get small children to smile at me.  If you said that before taking a picture, your subjects will break a smile for sure!  

"Niko-niko waratte kudasai!"  Smile a happy smile, please!