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  2. Shōten - Wikipedia

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    Should the resultant answer be funny or witty, the member will receive one or more floor cushions - the number increasing with the level of audience response and the host's own amusement or admiration. The floor cushion is brought to the stage by hapless sidekick Takao Yamada, formerly a successful popstar with the 70s idol group Zūtorubi, but ...

  3. Manzai - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Kansai dialect - Wikipedia

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    Do not let your bag get snatched!" The Kansai dialect (関西弁, Kansai-ben, also known as Kansai-hōgen (関西方言)) is a group of Japanese dialects in the Kansai region (Kinki region) of Japan. In Japanese, Kansai-ben is the common name and it is called Kinki dialect (近畿方言, Kinki-hōgen) in technical terms.

  5. Ring of Curse - Wikipedia

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    Ring of Curse, released in Japan as Gomen Nasai (ゴメンナサイ, lit. "I'm Sorry"), is a 2011 Japanese horror film directed by Mari Asato.It is based on the 2011 cell phone novel Gomen Nasai by Yuka Hidaka.

  6. Owarai - Wikipedia

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    Japanese variety shows are the main outlet for most owarai geinin and along with drama and anime they are some of the most popular shows on Japanese television. As a general term in Japan, "variety show" can refer to "straight" variety shows with an appropriate myriad of topics, segments, and games.

  7. Jugemu - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. File:AMB Japanese Verbs.pdf - Wikipedia

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  9. Departures (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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    Barber found Departures to be "heartfelt, unpretentious, [and] slyly funny", worth watching (though ultimately predictable). [115] Mike Scott gave the film three and a half stars out of four, finding that it was "a surprisingly uplifting examination of life and loss", with humour which perfectly complemented the "moving and meaningful story ...