Meaning of 冗談 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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冗談, 戯談, 串戯, 串戲JLPT 3
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Kana Readingじょうだん, ぎだん, げだん
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Romajijōdan, gidan, gedan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- jest; joke; funny story
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Example Sentences
冗談, 戯談, 串戯, 串戲, じょうだん, ぎだん, げだん used in context
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冗談じゃねえよ。
Are you freaking kidding me?!
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もちろん冗談と思って彼は「あっそ」と流していましたけどかなり嫌だったそうです。（ってゆうか冗談でもそんなこと言うな！）
Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. (I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!)
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もちろん冗談と思って彼は「あっそ」と流していましたけどかなり嫌だったそうです。（ってゆうか冗談でもそんなこと言うな！）
Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. (I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!)
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I am fed up with his vulgar jokes.
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美しい教会を建てたり、テニスをしたり、冗談を言ったり歌を作曲したり、月旅行をするような動物はいない。
No animal builds beautiful churches, plays tennis, tells jokes, writes songs or visits the moon.
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She made an effort at joking but it fell quite flat.
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