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じょうだん
冗談
たいがい
大概
にしろ

Don’t carry your jokes too far!
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Words
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jest; joke; funny story  (see also: 笑談; じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
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to stay within bounds; to not get carried to extremes
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Kanji
ジョウ    superfluous   
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cover; covered   
キ    table   
ダン    discussion   
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エン   ほのお blaze, flame   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ガイ    approximate   
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キ   すで already   
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not, nothing
good
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
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