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おもしろい話しのほとんどがこっけいな場面を基にしている。

Sentence Analyzer

おもしろい 話し ほとんど こっけいな 場面 している

English Translation

Most funny stories are based on comic situations.

Furigana

おもしろい(はな)しのほとんどがこっけいな場面(ばめん)(もと)にしている。

Romanji

Omoshiroi hanashi no hotondo ga kokkeina bamen o moto ni shiteiru.

Words

面白い (おもしろい)
interesting; amusing
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
殆ど (ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
滑稽 (こっけい)
funny; humorous; humourous; comical; laughable; ridiculous; joking
場面 (ばめん)
scene; setting (e.g. of novel)
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
(もとい)
basis; foundation; cause
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: キ、 もと、 もとい
Meanings: fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation