冗談半分 (じょうだんはんぶん) — half joking, being (only) half serious, (in a) jocular vein | Kakuso

Vocabulary

Meaning

half joking being (only) half serious and (in a) jocular vein

Practice Writing

Character: 1/4

Stroke: 1/0

Component Analysis

half joking, being (only) half serious, (in a) jocular vein

じょうだんはんぶん

冗

superfluous, uselessness

冖

wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)

几

table, table enclosure, table or windy radical (no. 16)

きにょう, キ

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

談

言

い.う, こと, ゲン

口

くち, コウ, ク

炎

inflammation, flame, blaze

ほのお, エン

火

火

半

half, middle, odd number...

なか.ば, ハン

丶

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

十

とお, と, ジュウ

二

two, two radical (no. 7)

ふた, ふた.つ, ニ

分

part, minute of time, segment...

わ.ける, わ.け, ブン

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

刀

sword, saber, knife

かたな, そり, トウ

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