冗じょう談だん口ぐち

noun

joking manner; joking tone

Refers to speaking in a joking way, often used in phrases like 冗談口をきく (to speak jokingly) or 冗談口で言う (to say something in a joking tone).

• 彼かれはいつも冗じょう談だん口ぐちで話はなす。

  He always speaks in a joking manner.

• 冗じょう談だん口ぐちをきいて、場ばを和なごませた。

  He lightened the mood by speaking jokingly.