joking
冗談
解説 Definition
joking は joke（冗談を言う）の現在分詞・動名詞で、「冗談を言うこと」「ふざけて言うこと」という意味です。名詞的にも使われますが、人を傷つけない軽い冗談を表す文脈でよく使われます。
The activity of saying amusing things or speaking playfully rather than seriously. As an -ing form of joke, it can function as a noun or form part of a continuous verb construction.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 joke「冗談を言う」の語末の e を取って -ing を付けた形です。His joking や a lot of joking では「冗談を言うこと」という名詞、was joking では進行形になります。軽くふざける場面を思い浮かべ、深刻な欺きである lying とは区別しましょう。発音は /ˈdʒoʊkɪŋ/ です。
Start with the verb joke, meaning “to say something for amusement rather than seriously.” To form joking, remove the final silent e and add -ing. In His joking made everyone smile or There was a lot of joking, the word functions as a noun meaning the activity of making jokes. In She was joking, it forms a continuous verb phrase. Picture friendly conversation at lunch, where playful comments make people laugh. This separates joking from lying: a joke is normally meant to be recognized as playful, while a lie is intended to make someone accept something false. Pronounce it /ˈdʒoʊkɪŋ/.
例文
His joking made everyone smile.
彼の冗談でみんなが笑顔になりました。
I knew she was joking.
彼女が冗談を言っているのだと分かっていました。
There was a lot of joking during lunch.
昼食の間、たくさん冗談が飛び交いました。
joking の類義語・関連語
joking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
joking は joke に -ing が付いた形で、「冗談を言うこと」から名詞の「冗談」になりました。joke はラテン語 iocus「冗談・遊び」にさかのぼるとされ、軽く遊ぶように言う感覚が核です。関連語は jocular、jocose です。
Joking is formed from joke by removing the final silent e and adding the suffix -ing. Joke entered English through Latin iocus, meaning “joke,” “jest,” or “play,” probably through later European forms. The central idea is playful speech or action rather than serious assertion. Related learned words such as jocular and jocose preserve the initial j and the older root more visibly, while joking is the regular modern English -ing form.
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