► 動詞
ふざける [(3)ふざける] [coll] meaning: joke rank: 1
☆ ふざけてないで真面目にやれ！ ⇨ Stop kidding around and do (it) seriously, get serious!
☆ ふざけんな、てめえ！ ⇨ Stop kidding, cut your crap, you idiot!
おどける [おどける] meaning: joke rank: 2
☆ 彼は泣きかけたが誤魔化そうとしておどけた振りをした ⇨ He was about to cry but tried to clown around to make it look like he was not
茶化す [(3)ちゃかす] meaning: joke rank: 3
☆ 真面目に話してるんだから茶化さないでよ ⇨ I’m serious, so stop making jokes (☛ Make jokes about the topic in order to deflect and avoid being serious)
► 成句
なんちゃって [なんちゃって] [なんて＋言う＋ちゃう＋て] [coll] [peer] meaning: joke rank: 3
☆ なんちゃってー！ ⇨ I’m kidding. Did I really say that? (☛ A phrase you say after you make a silly or potentially controversial comment.)
► 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
洒落 [しゃれ] [洒落にならない] meaning: joke rank: 2
☆ 無理な追い越しをする奴に腹を立ててこちらが事故を起こしたら洒落にならない ⇨ It won’t be even an joke if I had an accident by raging over an idiot who cut me off
洒落 [しゃれ] [洒落を飛ばす] meaning: joke rank: 2
☆ 彼はいつも洒落を飛ばしている ⇨ He always quips jokes (☛ Typically a joke with a wordplay and pun)
笑い事 [わらいごと] meaning: joke rank: 2
☆ ガス腹は笑い事ではない ⇨ Gassy stomach is not a joke
☆ こんなことをして警察に捕まったら笑い事じゃ済まない ⇨ It won’t be a joke if you get arrested for doing something like this
落ち [(2)おち] meaning: joke rank: 3
☆ 落ちの無い冗談 ⇨ A joke without a punchline (☛ The punchline, denouement, of a joke)
御笑い [おわらい] meaning: joke rank: 3
☆ 彼が専門家なんてお笑いだ ⇨ It is laughable the he is called an expert
駄洒落 [だじゃれ] meaning: joke rank: 3
☆ 彼は駄洒落を連発する ⇨ He pumps out one dad joke after another (☛ A not very funny joke, especially a bad pun, but not offensive)