冗じょう句く

noun

redundant phrase; pleonasm

Refers to a phrase that is unnecessarily wordy or contains redundant elements. Often used in writing or speech criticism.

• 「馬うまから落らく馬ばする」は冗じょう句くの例れいだ。

  'Fall off a horse from a horse' is an example of a redundant phrase.

noun

joke; jest

A less common synonym for ジョーク. May be used in literary or formal contexts, but ジョーク is more common in everyday speech.

See also: ジョーク

• 彼かれの冗じょう句くには誰だれも笑わらわなかった。

  Nobody laughed at his joke.