japanese language jokes

tourceb · 8 Feb 2005

Hi everyone, can anybody here share a japanese language jokes written in roman characters not in katakana, hiragana or kanji. Thank you very much.

Mike Cash · 8 Feb 2005

Japanese don't tell jokes. They make puns, funny remarks, and things like that. But no jokes. At least not the "A guy walked into a bar......" or "Did you hear the one about the farmer's daughter?" type.

In fact, one of the most frustrating things you can do is to tell a joke to Japanese people. Even if you preface it by telling them it's a joke, usually they don't get it and will ask "Did that really happen?"

lexico · 8 Feb 2005

That's really interesting, Mike.
Your post by itself would make a nice three-liner in English, I think.
I wonder how they (a well seasoned Japanese, that is) will respond if you told them that?
Or could it be that the Japanese tell jokes among themselves only when foreigners are not around; somewhat like the leprachauns in Ireland?

Elizabeth · 8 Feb 2005

Here's one that was posted a while back which is funny to me -- although I haven't had much luck getting it to spread either....

Junen computer kaisha de hataraita ato Tanaka-san wa kaisha wo yameru koto ni shita.
Kare wa shigoto wo yame Okinawa he tatta.
Kare wa soko ga kiniitta. Shinbun mo rajio mo telebi mo nai. Tsuridake. Nante odayaka darou.
Soshite, rokkagetsu go no aru yoru, kare wa darekaga dao wo tataku no wo kiita.
Sokoniwa higewo hayashita ookina sumotori ga tattei ta.
ﾂ"Akira desu. Konohen no mono desu. Paatii ni sasoi ni kimashita.ﾂ"
Tanaka-san wa omotta, ﾂ'Yoshi, gimoto no hito ni au iikikai da'. ﾂ"Hai! Ikimasu yo.ﾂ"
Akira wa itta, ﾂ"Iitte okutoﾂ…nondakure ga ooinda.ﾂ"
Tanaka wa itta, ﾂ"Boku wa Tokyo kara kitan desuyo. Nomiya no Mekka ja naidesu.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Mou hitotuﾂ…yatura kenka wo hazimeru kamoshirenai.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Tokyo kara kitemasu kara, daijoubu desu. Dou sureba iika wa wakatte masuyo.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Mou hitotuﾂ…sexu hajimechaukamo shirenaikedo.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Daijoubu desu. Narete masukara.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Jaa, junbi shitekure. Ore wa koko de matuyo.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Nani wo kiteikeba iideshouka. Aratamatta mono desuka, soretomo kiraku na mono desukaﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Nandemo iiyo. Boku ra dake dakara.ﾂ"

orochi · 8 Feb 2005

Most Japanese jokes will lose all of their humor written out in roman characters because the humor lies in the appearance of the characters and the homonyms involved.

CorDarei · 9 Feb 2005

Elizabeth said:
Here's one that was posted a while back which is funny to me -- although I haven't had much luck getting it to spread either....

Junen computer kaisha de hataraita ato Tanaka-san wa kaisha wo yameru koto ni shita.
Kare wa shigoto wo yame Okinawa he tatta.
Kare wa soko ga kiniitta. Shinbun mo rajio mo telebi mo nai. Tsuridake. Nante odayaka darou.
Soshite, rokkagetsu go no aru yoru, kare wa darekaga dao wo tataku no wo kiita.
Sokoniwa higewo hayashita ookina sumotori ga tattei ta.
ﾂ"Akira desu. Konohen no mono desu. Paatii ni sasoi ni kimashita.ﾂ"
Tanaka-san wa omotta, ﾂ'Yoshi, gimoto no hito ni au iikikai da'. ﾂ"Hai! Ikimasu yo.ﾂ"
Akira wa itta, ﾂ"Iitte okutoﾂ…nondakure ga ooinda.ﾂ"
Tanaka wa itta, ﾂ"Boku wa Tokyo kara kitan desuyo. Nomiya no Mekka ja naidesu.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Mou hitotuﾂ…yatura kenka wo hazimeru kamoshirenai.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Tokyo kara kitemasu kara, daijoubu desu. Dou sureba iika wa wakatte masuyo.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Mou hitotuﾂ…sexu hajimechaukamo shirenaikedo.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Daijoubu desu. Narete masukara.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Jaa, junbi shitekure. Ore wa koko de matuyo.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Nani wo kiteikeba iideshouka. Aratamatta mono desuka, soretomo kiraku na mono desukaﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Nandemo iiyo. Boku ra dake dakara.ﾂ"

I like it.

Hiroyuki Nagashima · 9 Feb 2005

?ﾂ watasi mottuto benkyousimsu

I bought a book of "moeshiki eEnglish kouryaku hou" (an English capture method) today in a bookstore.
get "get-got-got"
9.nantokayattuteiku, kurashiteiku = "get along"
sanjigen no josei to tukiawanakutemo,nantoka ikite ikeru monda.
"I can get along without a real lady."

13.okiru,kisyousuru = "get up"
chino tunagattute inai imouto ni , maiasa kiss de okoshite morau noga oreno yumeda!
"It is my dream to get up every morning to a kiss from my sister in law.

tourceb · 9 Feb 2005

Thank you very much for your quick reply people, I realy appreciat it. Finally I found a website with Japanese anecdotes in romanization and in English translations. You may wish to visit:

http://japanhumorcorner.home.att.net/japan/anec1.html

Thank you again to all of you.

Mike Cash · 9 Feb 2005

Elizabeth said:
Here's one that was posted a while back which is funny to me -- although I haven't had much luck getting it to spread either....

Junen computer kaisha de hataraita ato Tanaka-san wa kaisha wo yameru koto ni shita.
Kare wa shigoto wo yame Okinawa he tatta.
Kare wa soko ga kiniitta. Shinbun mo rajio mo telebi mo nai. Tsuridake. Nante odayaka darou.
Soshite, rokkagetsu go no aru yoru, kare wa darekaga dao wo tataku no wo kiita.
Sokoniwa higewo hayashita ookina sumotori ga tattei ta.
ﾂ"Akira desu. Konohen no mono desu. Paatii ni sasoi ni kimashita.ﾂ"
Tanaka-san wa omotta, ﾂ'Yoshi, gimoto no hito ni au iikikai da'. ﾂ"Hai! Ikimasu yo.ﾂ"
Akira wa itta, ﾂ"Iitte okutoﾂ…nondakure ga ooinda.ﾂ"
Tanaka wa itta, ﾂ"Boku wa Tokyo kara kitan desuyo. Nomiya no Mekka ja naidesu.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Mou hitotuﾂ…yatura kenka wo hazimeru kamoshirenai.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Tokyo kara kitemasu kara, daijoubu desu. Dou sureba iika wa wakatte masuyo.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Mou hitotuﾂ…sexu hajimechaukamo shirenaikedo.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Daijoubu desu. Narete masukara.ﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Jaa, junbi shitekure. Ore wa koko de matuyo.ﾂ"
Tanaka: ﾂ"Nani wo kiteikeba iideshouka. Aratamatta mono desuka, soretomo kiraku na mono desukaﾂ"
Akira: ﾂ"Nandemo iiyo. Boku ra dake dakara.ﾂ"

That's a non-Japanese joke translated and adapted to Japanese names and location. I do hope you didn't think that was a joke that Japanese go around telling each other. They don't exist.

PaulTB · 9 Feb 2005

http://www.shojien.com/ma/gag_me.htm

... which I link soley because of the highly appropriate web page file name.

Elizabeth · 9 Feb 2005

mikecash said:
That's a non-Japanese joke translated and adapted to Japanese names and location. I do hope you didn't think that was a joke that Japanese go around telling each other. They don't exist.

窶堋ｻ窶堋､窶堙??堋ｷ窶堙仰。窶堋ｻ窶堙ｪ窶堙俄?堙坂?怒窶懌?凪?堙姑停??ﾂーﾆ停?堡但窶堙?陳ｾ窶堋ｦ窶堙ｩ窶堙?窶堙娯?堋ｪ窶堋?窶堙ｩ窶堙??堙?ﾅｽv窶堋ｦ窶堙懌?堋ｹ窶堙ｱ窶堋ｪ

epigene · 9 Feb 2005

I personally don't like what passes as "humor" or "comedy" in Japan today--okay, I'm getting too old for it.

The thread reminded me of a radio program that has been going on for the past 25 years. The host/narrator is a veteran actor with love for plebeian Japanese culture and a well-known humorist. There are so many advanced Japanese language students here, some of you may enjoy listening to his old-style Japanese humor:
TBSラジオFM90.5+AM954～何かが始まる音がする～

Hope you like it like I do!

Hiroyuki Nagashima · 9 Feb 2005

It is a site of a contest of "office worker senryu".ﾂ・ﾂ・ﾂ・ﾂ・?
http://event2.dai-ichi-life.co.jp/senryu/

1.ﾅ誰窶?窶堋｢ﾂ十窶扼ﾅ津｣窶堙個債｡ﾅ誰ﾂ重窶堋｢

2.ﾂ青ｭﾅｽﾂ｡窶ｰﾃ??堙ﾋ?ｪ窶敕披?梅窶堋ｵ窶堋｢窶ｹL窶ｰﾂｯ窶氾

3.ﾅｽq窶堙哉谷ﾆ湛ﾆ狸ﾆ辰ﾂ鞘?披?甜ﾆ耽ﾆ稚ﾆ狸ﾆ辰窶ｰ'窶和ﾅ?O

4.ﾆ弛ﾆ湛ﾆ耽ﾆ棚ﾆ停?ｹ窶｢ﾆ陳静ｪ窶廃窶堙窶督ｺﾂ鞘?倪?堋ｭ

5.ﾆ知ﾂーﾅｽc窶ｹﾃ窶堋ｨﾅｽﾂ昶?堋ｿ窶ｹA窶堙ｨ窶堙ﾆ稚ﾆ停?ｹﾅｽc窶ｹﾃ

seanybbr1 · 6 Jul 2014

Have a look at this wonderful footage of Kyu Sakamoto being interviewed on American television in the 60's. About two thirds of the way through he is asked to tell a Japanese joke. Unfortunately it does not translate well, but the audience are so in love with him they laugh anyway. Hard not be in love with the young Kyu!

Kyu Sakamoto 坂本九 The Steve Allen Show-August 13, 1963 - YouTube

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