What Does This Mean?
丁寧な暮らし(笑) (teinei na kurashi (warai), "a careful, refined way of living (lol)") is a Japanese internet phrase that adds (笑) to 丁寧な暮らし, the lifestyle ideal of doing everyday things attentively, such as cooking from scratch, tidy interiors and slow routines. With (笑) it becomes a gentle jab at lifestyle posts that seem staged or overly polished.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""She posted her third homemade-sourdough photo of the week, and a friend replied 丁寧な暮らし(笑) in a teasing tone.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Recent term; no dated source found yet for the ironic form. The base phrase 丁寧な暮らし is described in Japanese lifestyle coverage as becoming common around the time people spent long periods at home during the COVID-19 period, admired by some and found tiring by others. The (笑) suffix is the ordinary Japanese way to mark a joke or sarcasm in text. No coiner or first post is claimed.
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