冗じょう談だんめかす

expression, godan verb (-su)

treat as a joke; do jokingly

Often used adverbially as 冗談めかして to describe saying or doing something in a joking manner, while not entirely serious.

See also: 冗談めかして

• 彼かれは冗じょう談だんめかして「辞やめる」と言いった。

  He said jokingly that he would quit.

• 冗じょう談だんめかして言いったのに、本ほん気きにされた。

  I said it as a joke, but it was taken seriously.