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When I asked afterwards it seems he hadn't said that as a joke.
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Vocabulary list

yoku
adverb
  1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
  2. frequently; often
  3. I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
  4. (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
kiku

Conditional Present Indicative Form

kiitara
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hear
  2. to listen (e.g. to music) (esp. 聴く)
  3. to ask; to enquire; to query (聴く is used in legal and official contexts)
  4. to hear about; to hear of; to learn of
  5. to follow (advice, order, etc.); to obey; to listen to; to comply with
  6. to hear (e.g. a plea); to grant (a request); to accept (e.g. an argument); to give consideration to
  7. to smell (esp. incense); to sample (a fragrance)
  8. to taste (alcohol); to try (also 利く)
neta
noun
  1. material (for a story, article, etc.); information; news item (from たね, kana reversed)
  2. joke; jest; (comedy) routine; made-up story
  3. proof; evidence
  4. (magician's) trick; secret
  5. ingredients
  6. (Internet) meme
janai

te-form

janakute
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. is not; am not; are not (from ではない)
  2. isn't it?
ja
conjunction
  1. then; well; so; well then (from では)
copula
  1. be; is
nai

te-form

nakute
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
maji
na adjective, noun
  1. serious; not joking; straight
auxiliary verb
  1. cannot; should not; will not; must not
boke
noun
  1. fool; idiot
  2. dotage; senility; dementia
suffix
  1. touched in the head (from); out of it (from); feeling sluggish (from); not yet up to par (after)
noun
  1. funny man (of a comedy duo)
da

Plain Past Indicative Form

datta
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
mitaidesu
expression
  1. it seems that
  2. as if
mitaida

Polite Present Indicative Form

mitaidesu
copula
  1. it seems that
  2. as if
mitai
suffix, na adjective
  1. -like; sort of; similar to; resembling
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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