In general, dajare could be described as Japanese Puns. However, while English puns are usually created by exchanging a word in sentence with a similar one, dajare benefit from similar sounds within a sentence or different possible interpretations of a sentence.<\/p>\n
Here are some examples:<\/p>\n
\u2192\u30a4\u30eb\u30ab\u304c\u3044\u308b\u304b\uff1f (“iruka wa iruka?): Is there a dolphin?<\/p>\n
\u2192\u30a2\u30eb\u30df\u7f36(\u304b\u3093)\u306e\u4e0a(\u3046\u3048)\u306b\u3042\u308b\u30df\u30ab\u30f3 (“arumi kan no ue ni aru mikan”): a mikan on top of an aluminum can
This one could also interpreted as:
\u3042\u308b\u30df\u30ab\u30f3\u306e\u4e0a\u306b\u3042\u308b\u30df\u30ab\u30f3 (“aru mikan no ue ni aru mikan”): a mikan on top of another mikan <\/p>\n
\u2192\u30d1\u30f3\u4f5c\u3063\u305f(\u3064\u304f\u3063\u305f)\u3053\u3068\u3042\u308b\uff1f(“pan tsukutta koto aru?”): Have you ever made bread?
can be changed into:
\u30d1\u30f3\u30c4\u98df(\u304f)\u3063\u305f\u3053\u3068\u3042\u308b\uff1f (“pantsu kutta koto aru?”): Have you ever eaten underwear?<\/p>\n
Japanese puns can be hilarious. However, be careful using them as Japanese people might not always agree \ud83d\ude42
By the way, the standard response to being told a really bad pun is \u5bd2\uff5e\u3044\uff01(“samuuui”, that’s cold).<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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