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洒落 - Japanese Dictionary | immit
洒落
しゃれ
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Also written
シャレ
kana
uncommon
名詞 / noun
1
pun, play on words, witticism
父はよく洒落を言って家族を笑わせる。
My father often makes puns and gets the family laughing.
この店の名前は店主の名字にかけた洒落になっている。
The name of this shop is a pun on the owner's surname.
彼の洒落は誰にも通じず、会場は静まり返った。
Nobody got his pun, and the hall fell silent.
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語呂合わせ
2
joke, jest
これ以上締め切りに遅れたら洒落にならない。
If we miss the deadline any further, it will be no joke.
あの人は真面目すぎて洒落が通じない。
He is so serious that he can't take a joke.
ほんの洒落のつもりで言ったのに、彼女を怒らせてしまった。
I only meant it as a joke, but I ended up making her angry.
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冗談
戯れ
antonym
本気
3
[usually in the form お洒落] stylishness, dressing smartly
彼は若いころから洒落に金を惜しまなかった。
Ever since he was young, he has never grudged money spent on dressing well.
祖母は年をとっても洒落を忘れない人だ。
My grandmother never neglects her appearance, even in old age.
彼女は洒落に気を使い、いつも流行の服を着ている。
She takes care over her style and always wears the latest fashions.
洒落
しゃらく
形容動詞 / na-adjective
1
[literary] free and easy, unconstrained, openhearted
彼は洒落な人柄で、誰からも慕われた。
With his free and easy nature, he was loved by everyone.
祖父は洒落な性格で、細かいことを少しも気にしない。
My grandfather has an easygoing character and never frets over small things.
その僧は洒落で物に執着しない人だったという。
The monk is said to have been an openhearted man with no attachment to possessions.
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磊落
洒脱
恬淡
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polite
negative
present
洒落だ
past
洒落だった
-te form
洒落で
conditional
洒落なら
conditional (-tara)
洒落だったら
attributive
洒落な
adverbial
洒落に
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