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Manzai is a traditional style of comedy in Japanese culture comparable to double act comedy. [1] Manzai usually involves two performers (manzaishi)—a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags.
Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist (下ネタという概念が存在しない退屈な世界, Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai), officially abbreviated as Shimoseka (下セカ) in Japan, is a Japanese light novel series written by Hirotaka Akagi and illustrated by Eito Shimotsuki.
Dajare (駄洒落, "bad joke") is a kind of comic Japanese word play, similar in spirit to a pun that relies on similarities in the pronunciation of words to create a simple joke. Dajare are popular in advertising.
Japanese wordplay relies on the nuances of the Japanese language and Japanese script for humorous effect, functioning somewhat like a cross between a pun and a spoonerism. Double entendres have a rich history in Japanese entertainment (such as in kakekotoba ) [ 1 ] due to the language's large number of homographs (different meanings for a given ...
Jugemu (寿限無/じゅげむ) is a famous rakugo story, [1] a form of Japanese spoken entertainment. It has a simple story, with the most humorous part being the repetition of a ridiculously long name.
Most hardcore fans are motivated by the desire not to miss the jokes and puns present in Japanese anime and manga. [34] In fact, most people interested in anime express at least a passing desire to learn Japanese, but usually choose not to, due to either time constraints or rumours about the difficulty involved in learning Japanese. [4]
[1] It is a common prank in East Asian countries such as Japan. [2] In Korea, it is called ttongchim ( Korean : 똥침 ), [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and in China, qiānnián shā ( 千年殺 ). The word "kanchō" is a slang adoption of the Japanese word for enema ( 浣腸 , kanchō ) . [ 5 ]
Outside of owarai, the term boke is sometimes used in common speech as an insult, similar to "idiot" in English, or baka in Japanese. Boke also refers to when a comedian or tarento makes a joke or acts like a fool for comedic effect on television.