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    3. 冗談

    冗談

    冗じょう談だん

    joke

    N3KMT6News #8+1CoreNounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    戯談串戯

    じょうだん

    Noun

    1.
    joke, jest, funny story

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    それは冗じょう談だんだよ。

    That's a joke.

    KMT3Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれはいつも冗じょう談だんを言いって、みんなを笑わらわせる。

    He always tells jokes and makes everyone laugh.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    悲かなしい時ときでも、友とも達だちの冗じょう談だんで少ここし元ろが気かるが出くなった。

    Even when I was sad, my friend's joke cheered me up a little.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    真しん剣けんな話はなしの途と中ちゅうで冗じょう談だんを言いうのはやめてください。

    Please stop telling jokes in the middle of a serious conversation.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの冗じょう談だんは時とき々どききつすぎて、相あい手てを傷きずつけることがある。

    His jokes are sometimes too harsh and can hurt people's feelings.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    冗
    superfluous・uselessness
    談
    discuss・talk
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