Word Meaning 冗談半分

じょうだんはんぶん joudanhambun

冗談半分 is read as じょうだんはんぶん (joudanhambun) and means half joking.

Meaning

English

  1. half joking
  2. being (only) half serious
  3. (in a) jocular vein

Reading

Kana

じょうだんはんぶん

Romaji

joudanhambun

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Yojijukugo Rank 69454 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

半分冗談

はんぶんじょうだん

(talking in a) half-joking manner

冗談

じょうだん

joke

冗談気味

じょうだんぎみ

being somewhat (half) joking

冗談事

じょうだんごと

joking matter

冗談口

じょうだんぐち

joke

冗談を飛ばす

じょうだんをとばす

to crack a joke

冗談抜きで

じょうだんぬきで

seriously

冗談に紛らす

じょうだんにまぎらす

to pass (something) off as a joke

冗談がすぎる

じょうだんがすぎる

to carry a joke too far

冗談じゃない

じょうだんじゃない

it's no joke

興味半分

きょうみはんぶん

half out of interest

Example Sentences

1

かのじょはじょうだんはんぶんでそういった。

She said that half in jest.