Jisho

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Words — 41 found

Noun
1. joke; jest; funny story
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戯談 【じょうだん】串戯 【じょうだん】串戲 【じょうだん】戯談 【ぎだん】戯談 【げだん】
Notes
ぎだん: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. げだん: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
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饒舌 【にょうぜつ】冗舌 【じょうぜつ】冗舌 【にょうぜつ】
Notes
にょうぜつ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. にょうぜつ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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じょうだん 冗談
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
1. it's no joke; gimme a break!
  • じょうだん冗談じゃない
  • あのひとあの人
  • わたし
  • どうよう同様
  • いしゃ医者
  • なんか
  • じゃない
You can't be serious! He's no more a doctor than I am.
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Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. tedious; verbose; wordy; lengthy; longwinded; prolix
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
2. redundancy
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3. Redundancy
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Noun
1. duplication; to make redundantComputing
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2. Redundancy (engineering)In engineering, redundancy is the duplication of critical... Read more
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Noun
1. verbiage; wordiness; tautology; blabber; chatter; unnecessary talk
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2. PleonasmPleonasm is the use of more words or word-parts than is n... Read more
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剰語 【じょうご】
Notes
剰語: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Noun
1. supernumerary; superfluous staff; excess personnel
Noun
2. useless staffesp. 冗員
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剰員 【じょういん】
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Noun
1. chatter; idle talk
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ムダ口 【むだぐち】徒口 【むだぐち】
Notes
徒口: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Noun
1. talkative person; chatterbox
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冗舌家 【じょうぜつか】
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Noun
1. half joking; being (only) half serious; (in a) jocular veinYojijukugo (four character compound)
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Kanji — 1 found

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4 strokes. JLPT N1. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
superfluous, uselessness
On: ジョウ
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Sentences — 146 found

  • jreibun/7265/1
      初めて授業を受ける学生たちは緊張した表情を見せていたが、教授が
    • はっ発した
    • 冗談で笑いが起こり、教室の雰囲気が
    • なご和んだ
    The students, who were taking the class for the first time, looked nervous, but a joke the professor told broke the ice in the classroom. Jreibun
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Names — 1 found

じょうもんじん 【冗文人】
Given name, gender not specified
1. Joumonjin