単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Onomatopoeia#5,476 most used

ニヤニヤ

grinning

IN A SENTENCE

Tom is grinning.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

Who do you think you are to be grinning like that?

from Tatoeba · Kaede

MEANING

1

grinning; smirking

adverb · adverb, takes と · する verb

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives ニヤニヤ this one meaning.

DETAILS

Kind擬音語, onomatopoeia

Frequency#5,476 most used

Writtenニヤニヤ only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium