Word Meaning 諧謔

かいぎゃく kaigyaku

諧謔 is read as かいぎゃく (kaigyaku) and means joke.

Meaning

English

joke
jest
banter

Reading

Kana

かいぎゃく

Romaji

kaigyaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Rank 161913 Priority Z

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

諧謔を弄する

かいぎゃくをろうする

to crack jokes

滑稽諧謔

こっけいかいぎゃく

smooth-talking and humorous

諧調

かいちょう

harmonious melody

諧和

かいか

harmony

諧声

かいせい

vocal harmony

俳諧

はいかい

haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryū, etc.)

和諧

わかい

harmonious divorce settlement

和諧号

わかいごう

Hexie (Chinese high-speed train)

半諧音

はんかいおん

assonance

俳諧の連歌

はいかいのれんが

haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)

俳諧味

はいかいみ

haiku-like quality

俳諧師

はいかいし

writer of haikai poems

Example Sentences

彼の話には軽い諧謔があって、場が和んだ。

かれのはなしにはかるいかいぎゃくがあって、ばがなごんだ。

There was a light humor in his story, which relaxed the atmosphere.