Meaning
冗談 (じょうだん, joudan) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “jest,joke”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
冗談は 止めてください。
Please stop joking.
冗談はやめて!
Stop joking around!
ただの冗談ですよ。
It was just a joke, you know.
吉田さんがまた例の冗談を言ったが誰も笑わなかった。
Mr. Yoshida told us that (same) joke again, but no one laughed.
冗談のつもりで言ったところ、思わぬ 結果になって驚いている。
I'm surprised that what I said as a joke had unexpected consequences (literally: that when I said it as a joke, it brought about an unexpected result).
冗談だよ。
Don't take it seriously. It's a joke.
冗談でしょ!
? Are you kidding?
冗談だろう!
You must be kidding!
冗談ですよ。
I'm just kidding.
冗談じゃない。
It's no joke.
冗談 言うな。
Don't make me laugh.
冗談でしょう。
You cannot be serious.