Being a foreigner, I couldn't catch on to the joke.
私は外国人なのでその冗談の意味が分からなかった。
Are you kidding?
冗談でしょ!?
The boss is hard to get along with. But if I try to talk to him about problems I have at work he might have a little heart. Even a hunter can't kill a bird who flies to him for protection.
It was his story of adventure that charmed us all.
私たちみなを魅了したのは彼の冒険談であった。
I asked my teacher for advice on my future course.
進路について先生に相談した。
It is not always easy to make a good joke.
うまい冗談を言うことはいつもたやすいとは限らない。
His joke has been done to death.
彼の冗談にはもう飽き飽きしている。
I was bored with his old jokes.
私は彼の古くさい冗談にうんざりした。
They all laughed at his jokes.
彼らは皆彼の冗談に笑った。
Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. (I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!)
Amazing! This moving a story is a first for me! It's truly an epic among epics!
凄いです!こんな感動的な話は初めてです!まさに美談の中の美談です!
I'm very fond of joking.
私は冗談好きです。
I'll let you know my decision after I have consulted my solicitor.
弁護士と相談した後で、決定をお知らせします。
I don't like dirty jokes, but I get a kick out of it when you tell them.
私は下品な冗談は好きじゃないんだが、君がそんな冗談を口にするのは私は気に入ってるんだ。
He commented on his unsuccessful business negotiation.
彼は不成功に終わった商談について意見を述べた。
She conferred with her lawyer.
彼女は弁護士と相談した。
They were always making jokes.
彼らはいつも冗談ばかり言っていた。
It is no joke.
それは決して冗談ではない。
The peace talks begin this week.
平和会談は今週始まる。
I could not but laugh at his joke.
彼の冗談に笑わずにいられなかった。
The peace talks have been suspended for a while.
和平会談はしばらく延期された。
Hold it, are you kidding me? Why'd we wanna go to such a remote location?
ちょっとぉ、冗談でしょッ! なんでそんな辺鄙なところに行くわけッ?
He has nobody to consult.
彼は相談する人がいない。
I said so purely in jest.
私はただ冗談にそう言ったのだ。
We thought his threat was only a joke.
彼の脅しは単なる冗談かと思った。
It's no joke.
冗談じゃない。
He isn't appreciative of my little jokes.
彼は私のちょっとした冗談が分からない。
Don't think I'm joking.
冗談だと思われては困る。
My teacher guided me in the choice of a career.
職業選択の際に先生が相談に乗ってくれた。
The methods used to overcome stress are different for men and women: drinking is the major method used by men, while women deal with stress by chatting.
Then, while saying this, the memories of the men who had seduced her, her husband's colleague who had approached her as if it were a joke, the section chief with whom she had held hands, her relative who she had tried to kiss while she was drunk, shined a