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かれ
じょうだん
冗談
しつない
室内
きんちょう
緊張
ほぐれた
His joke eased the tension in the room.
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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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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2
indoor; inside the room
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0
tension; mental strain; nervousness
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to come untied; to come apart  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
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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シツ   room   むろ drying room, hothouse   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
roof   
ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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wide
キン    tight, tense, hard   
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かた hard   
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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シ   いと thread   
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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