彼は冗談が分かって思わず笑った。

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彼は冗談が分かって思わず笑った。

English Translation

When he saw the joke, he laughed in spite of himself.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は冗談(じょうだん)が分(わ)かって思(おも)わず笑(わら)った。

Romanji

Kare wa jōdan ga wakatte omowazu waratta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)

jest; joke; funny story

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

笑う (わらう)

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted