πŸ—£ Talk about comedy in Japanese

Just because Japan hasn’t traditionally had stand-up comedy, it doesn’t mean that Japan doesn’t have a rich history of comedy. Here is a list of Japanese vocabulary, in alphabetical order, that will help you impress when you recommend one of our shows to a Japanese-speaking friend.

をパγƒͺカンジョーク

amerikan jōku

Although をパγƒͺカンジョーク strictly means ‘American joke’, it’s used more generally to mean a joke or a comedic approach that is ironic.

γ‚„γ£γ±γ‚Šγ‚’γƒ‘γƒͺカンジョークですね

冗談

ネタ

ぼけ

぀こっみ

下ネタ

コパディー

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落θͺž

ダジャレ

Compiled by Ollie Horn.