冗談 (じょうだん, joudan) Japanese meaning: joke | Kotomora笑
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His jokes always make me laugh.
Joking aside, let's get down to business.
Usage patterns
冗談を言うto tell/make a joke
He always makes jokes and makes everyone laugh.
冗談を真に受けるto take a joke seriously
She took my joke seriously and got angry.
冗談のつもりで〈動詞〉to do something meaning it as a joke
I said it as a joke, but they took it seriously.
冗談じゃないyou must be joking; that's no joke (expressing strong denial or annoyance)
You must be joking—I never heard about anything like that.
冗談を交えるto mix in jokes (with serious talk)
The teacher gave the lesson while mixing in a few jokes.
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だじゃれ
冗談 is a general word for a joke of any kind, while 駄洒落 refers narrowly to a lame pun based on wordplay.
