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わたしたち
私達
かれ
じょうだん
冗談
わら
わず
いられなかった
We couldn't help laughing at his joke.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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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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0
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to laugh
2. to smile
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
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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eight
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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ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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