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[じょう()·だん()]
joudan
noun, no adjective

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[じょう()·だん()]
joudan
[じょうだん(串戯)]
joudan
[じょうだん(串戲)]
joudan
[()·だん()]
gidan
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[()·だん()]
gedan
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English Meaning(s) for 戯談

noun, no adjective
  1. jest; joke; funny story (じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)

Definition and Synonyms for 戯談

Jocularity activity characterized by good humor
Synonyms: 冗談
Pleasantry an agreeable or amusing remark
Synonyms: 冗談
Joke a triviality not to be taken seriously
Synonyms: 冗談
Laugh a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
Synonyms: ギャグ, ジョーク, 冗談, , 戯る, 戯れ, 戯れる, 戯言, 戯言, 戯れ言, 洒落, 洒落, 洒落, 洒落る, おどけ話, 諧謔, 道化, 道化る
Fun verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
Synonyms: ふざく, ふざけ, ふざける, 冗談, 戯る, 戯れ, 戯れる

Meanings for each kanji in 戯談

» frolic; play; sport
» discuss; talk

Categories 戯談 is a member of

Recreation an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
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Jocularity activity characterized by good humor
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Puniness the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
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Humour a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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Sample Sentences for 戯談

Then, while saying this, the memories of the men who had seduced her, her husband's colleague who had approached her as if it were a joke, the section chief with whom she had held hands, her relative who she had tried to kiss while she was drunk, shined as if projected upon a broken mirror.

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