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冗談

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 冗談

ょうだん
Noun
Freq #845
1

joke; jest; funny story

Examples
冗談はもうたくさんだ。
No more of your jokes, please.

Kanji in this Word

4 strokes
Frequency: 1782
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

superfluous
uselessness

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ジョウ
15 strokes
Frequency: 272
JLPT N2
Grade 3

Meanings

discuss
talk

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ダン
15 strokes
Frequency: 1880
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

frolic
play
sport

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
たわむ.れる
ざ.れる
じゃ.れる
7 strokes
Frequency: 2139
Grade 8

Meanings

spit
skewer

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
カン
ケン
セン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
くし
つらぬ.く
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