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「
じょうだん
冗談
りょく
力
:
じょうだん
冗談
は、
じょうだん
冗談
のように
せかい
世界
を
しあわ
幸
せ
にする。」 title of book, album etc.
The Power of Jokes: Jokes Make the World Unbelievably Happy
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
じ ょ う だ ん 3
jest; joke; funny story  (see also: 笑談; じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
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suffix
strength; power; proficiency; ability
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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せ か い 1
noun
1. the world; society; the universe
2. sphere; circle; world
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し あ わ せ 0
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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1. to decide (on something)
2. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
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Kanji
冗
ジョウ    superfluous   
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冖
cover; covered   
几
キ    table   
談
ダン    discussion   
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炎
エン   ほのお blaze, flame   
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火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
世
セ   セイ   よ the world   
界
カイ    world   
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介
カイ    mediate   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丨
stick   
田
デン   た rice field   
幸
コウ   さち    しあわせ    さいわい happiness   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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