彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa友(ゆう)人(じん) yuujinたち tachiに ni笑(わら)わ()れ()た() warawareta。 She was laughed at by her friends. Literal She [topic-は] friends [by-に] was-laughed-at. 友人たちに笑われた — an adversative passive where being laughed at is an unpleasant experience for the subject. たち makes 友人 plural. The passive construction frames her as the affected party. emotionsfriendship~達/~たち (plural suffix)adversative passive (indirect)
彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa友(ゆう)人(じん) yuujinたち tachiに ni笑(わら)わ()れ()た() warawareta。 She was laughed at by her friends. Literal She [topic-は] friends [by-に] was-laughed-at. 友人たちに笑われた — an adversative passive where being laughed at is an unpleasant experience for the subject. たち makes 友人 plural. The passive construction frames her as the affected party. emotionsfriendship~達/~たち (plural suffix)adversative passive (indirect)