ギャグ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English gag.[1][2][3][4] Attested from at least 1930.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ギャグ • (gyagu) 

  1. [from 1930] gag (joke made in a performance)
  2. a joke
    Synonyms: 冗談 (jōdan), 洒落 (share)

Derived terms

  • 一発(いっぱつ)ギャグ (ippatsu gyagu, “one time joke”)
  • おやじギャグ (oyaji gyagu, “dad joke”)
  • ギャグセン (gyagusen)
  • ギャグマン (gyaguman, “comedian; gagman”)
  • ギャグメーカー (gyagumēkā, “gag maker”)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nihon Kokugo Daijiten Dai-ni-han Henshū I'inkai (日本国語大辞典第二版編集委員会) (2001-2002), 日本国語大辞典　第二版 [Unabridged Japanese Dictionary: Second Edition], Tokyo (東京都): Shōgakukan (小学館), →ISBN
  2. ^ “ギャグ”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2019), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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