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これ
どうよう
同様
イギリス
じん
なら
なみだ
して
わら
いそう
じょうだん
冗談
ロシア
じん
なら
ぜんぜん
全然
おもしろくない
おも
かも
れない

In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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0
identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity
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4
noun
Englishman; Englishwoman
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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Most common form:
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take out; to get out
2. to put out; to reveal; to show
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0
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to laugh
2. to smile
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3
jest; joke; funny story  (see also: 笑談; じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
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3
noun
Russian (person, people)
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1. not at all (with neg. verb)
2. wholly; entirely; completely
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4
Most common form: 面白い
1. interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
2. amusing; funny; comical
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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1 0
Most common form: かもしれない
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
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ドウ   おな same   
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ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ルイ   なみだ tears   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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ジョウ    superfluous   
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ダン    discussion   
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ゼン   まった entirely   すべ everything   
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ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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シ   おも to think   
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チ   し to know   
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