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1 exact word match found in search '戯'
noun
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery  (archaic)
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37 words found beginning with '戯'
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play; drama
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Most common form: 冗談
jest; joke; funny story  (see also: 笑談; じょうだん is sometimes written 笑談)
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noun
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest; flirtation
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke
2. to flirt with
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noun
caricature; cartoon; comics
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noun
nonsense; bullshit; silly things; joke
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Most common form: たわけ
noun
1. tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense  (see also: 戯ける; often written with kana only)
2. fool; idiot  (see also: 戯け者; often written with kana only)
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noun
prank; practical joke
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be playful (of a child or animal); to play; to sport; to frolic  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: おどける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly  (often written with kana only)
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83 words found containing '戯' in any position
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Most common form: 将棋
noun
shogi; Japanese chess; xianqi
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0 3
Most common form: じゃれ合う
to frolic about; to mess around  (often written with kana only)
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noun
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest; flirtation
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2
noun
funny song; comic song; limerick
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3
noun
fiction writer; dime novelist
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Most common form: おどける
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly  (often written with kana only)
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4
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke
2. to flirt with
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noun
1. cheap literature; writing for amusement
2. light literature popular in the late Edo period
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4
Most common form: おどけ話
noun
funny story
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be playful (of a child or animal); to play; to sport; to frolic  (often written with kana only)
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