► 名詞
冗談 [(4)じょうだん] meaning: joke rank: 1
☆ 冗談だってば！ ⇨ It’s a joke! I’m just kidding
☆ 冗談にも程がある ⇨ Jokes have limits.
冗談 [(4)じょうだん] [冗談を言う] meaning: joke rank: 1
☆ 彼はいつも冗談を言っている ⇨ He is always cracking jokes
冗談 [(4)じょうだん] [冗談を飛ばす] meaning: joke rank: 1
☆ 彼等は冗談を飛ばし合った ⇨ They cracked jokes in all directions
冗談 [(4)じょうだん] meaning: nonsense rank: 1
☆ 冗談じゃない！ ⇨ That is not a joke! That’s not funny at all! That’s outrageous!
冗談 [(4)じょうだん] [冗談を言う] meaning: nonsense rank: 1
☆ 冗談言わないでよ ⇨ Stop talking nonsense
More examples:
- 彼はいつも低級な冗談を言う ⇨ He always makes low, poor-tasting, jokes
- 彼の話は真面目なのか冗談なのか分からない ⇨ I can’t tell what he said was serious or just a joke
- 彼は下卑た冗談が好きだ ⇨ He likes vulgar jokes
- 彼の冗談に皆大笑いした ⇨ Everybody laughed out loud at his joke
- 彼は冗談じみた言い方をした ⇨ He said so with a joke-like tone
- 彼は「…」と冗談半分で言った ⇨ He said “…” half-jokingly
- くだらない冗談を言うな ⇨ Cut your silly jokes
- 緊張を解すための冗談 ⇨ A joke to loosen tension
- 彼の冗談に会場がどっと沸いた ⇨ The audience broke into laughter at his joke
- 彼の冗談は全く受けなかった ⇨ His joke didn’t make anybody laugh. It completely fell flat
- さっきのは冗談だよ ⇨ (What I said) earlier was a joke
- 悪趣味な冗談 ⇨ Jokes with poor taste. Offensive jokes
- 内輪の冗談 ⇨ An inside joke
- 便秘は冗談ではなくて深刻な問題だ ⇨ Constipation is not a joke, but rather a serious problem
- 彼は冗談を交えて話した ⇨ He talked along with some jokes