パンチライン

noun

punch line

Refers to the climactic, often humorous or surprising, concluding part of a joke or story. Equivalent to 落ち (ochi) in traditional Japanese comedic storytelling.

See also: 落ち (おち)

• 彼かれのジョークはパンチラインがいつも面おも白しろい。

  The punch line of his jokes is always funny.

• この話はなしのパンチラインは最さい後ごの一いち文ぶんにある。

  The punch line of this story is in the last sentence.