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MJ-EN 021 · Comedy

英語の笑い・ジョークの仕組み

Comedy — How jokes work in English。ネイティブが実際に使う49個を、意味・例文・発音つきでまとめました。

  1. the punchlineオチ — I forgot the punchline halfway through the joke.
  2. the setupフリ — The setup was too long. People got bored before the punchline.
  3. a bitネタ・持ちネタ — That airport bit always kills.
  4. a callback前に出たネタを後でもう一回使うこと（天丼） — He made a callback to the burrito joke at the end. Huge laugh.
  5. You killed it!最高だった！（大ウケ・大成功） — Great set, man. You killed it!
  6. I bombed.スベった — How did the open mic go? — I bombed. Nobody laughed. Not even my mom.
  7. Tough crowd.手強い客だな（誰も笑わない時） — (nobody laughs) Wow. Tough crowd.
  8. Is this thing on?マイク入ってる？（ウケない時のボケ） — (tapping the mic after a joke dies) Is this thing on?
  9. I'm here all week.今週ずっと出てるんで（ダジャレの後の自虐） — (after a terrible pun) Thank you, I'm here all week.
  10. I'll show myself out.自分で出ていきます（寒いダジャレの後） — Why don't skeletons fight? They don't have the guts. ...I'll show myself out.
  11. ba dum tssドンドン、チャーン（オチの効果音） — I'm worried about the calendar. Its days are numbered. Ba dum tss.
  12. a dad jokeおやじギャグ — I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.
  13. a punダジャレ — I used to be a banker, but I lost interest.
  14. No pun intended.ダジャレのつもりはない（けど言っちゃった） — The bakery business is on a roll, no pun intended.
  15. a roastロースト（愛のあるいじり大会） — For his 30th birthday, we roasted him. He cried laughing.
  16. a hecklerヤジを飛ばす客 — A heckler yelled during my set, so I made him part of the show.
  17. crowd work客いじり — Good crowd work starts with a simple question: "Where are you from?"
  18. an open micオープンマイク（誰でも出られるライブ） — I'm doing an open mic on Tuesday. Five minutes. I'm terrified.
  19. a tight five確実にウケる5分ネタ — Every comic needs a tight five.
  20. deadpan真顔のボケ（無表情で言う） — She said it totally deadpan, so I couldn't tell if she was joking.
  21. dark humorブラックジョーク — I love dark humor, but not at funerals.
  22. Too soon?まだ早すぎた？（不謹慎ネタの後） — (joking about the breakup a day later) Too soon?
  23. self-deprecating humor自虐ネタ — Self-deprecating humor works great in speeches. Just don't overdo it.
  24. sarcasm皮肉 — Oh great, another meeting. Just what I needed.
  25. Oh, great.あーあ、最高だね（＝最悪） — The train is delayed again. Oh, great.
  26. understatement控えめな言い方（でボケる） — (in a snowstorm) It's a bit chilly.
  27. exaggeration大げさ（で笑わせる） — I've told you a million times.
  28. I could eat a horse.腹ペコ（馬一頭でも食える） — When's dinner? I could eat a horse.
  29. the rule of three三段オチ — I need three things in life: coffee, Wi-Fi, and someone to tell me I'm doing great.
  30. misdirectionミスリード（予想を裏切る） — I finally got my life together. Then I dropped it.
  31. What's the deal with〜ってなんなの？（あるあるネタの入り） — What's the deal with "Reply All"? Nobody wants your "Thanks!"
  32. Have you ever noticed気づいたことある？（あるある） — Have you ever noticed that "be right back" always means twenty minutes?
  33. Why did the chicken cross the road?ニワトリはなぜ道を渡った？（定番なぞなぞ） — Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.
  34. A guy walks into a bar男がバーに入ってきて…（ジョークの定番の入り） — A guy walks into a bar. Ouch. It was an iron bar.
  35. I just flew in, and boy are my arms tired.飛行機で来たんだけど、腕がもうクタクタ（化石級ギャグ） — I just flew in from Osaka, and boy are my arms tired.
  36. hacky使い古された・ベタすぎる — Airline food jokes are so hacky.
  37. You had to be there.その場にいないとわからない — And then he fell into the pool with his phone... okay, you had to be there.
  38. an inside joke内輪ネタ — Sorry, it's an inside joke from college.
  39. Don't quit your day job.本業はやめないほうがいいね（才能ないよ） — I tried stand-up last night. — How'd it go? — My friend said don't quit your day job.
  40. I'm dead.死ぬほど笑った（www） — He tripped on the red carpet. I'm dead. 💀
  41. Stop, I can't breathe.やめて、息できない（笑いすぎ） — (laughing) Stop, I can't breathe.
  42. I can't even.もう無理（言葉にならない） — He proposed with a ring pop. I can't even.
  43. The joke's on you.バカを見たのはお前だ — You thought I'd be upset you ate my lunch? Joke's on you, it was expired.
  44. just kidding... unless?冗談だよ……それとも？ — We should get married lol. Just kidding... unless?
  45. Lost in translation訳すと伝わらない（訳で失われる） — The joke was hilarious in Japanese. It got lost in translation.
  46. Knock knock. — Who's there?トントン。—どなた？（ノックノックジョーク） — Knock knock. — Who's there? — Lettuce. — Lettuce who? — Lettuce in, it's cold out here!
  47. a groanerうーんとうなりたくなるダジャレ — What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. — Ugh, that's a groaner.
  48. That's hilarious.めっちゃ面白い — You sent the email to your mom instead of your boss? That's hilarious.
  49. I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at you.一緒に笑ってるんじゃない、お前を笑ってるんだ — (to a friend who slipped) Sorry, I'm not laughing with you, I'm laughing at you.
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