彼はその冗談が通じなかった。

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彼 は その 冗談 が 通じなかった 。

English Translation

He could not see the joke.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はその冗談(じょうだん)が通(つう)じなかった。

Romanji

Kare wa sono jōdan ga tsūjinakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

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

通じる (つうじる)

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with); to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored; to be good; to be well versed in; to be well-informed; to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy); to form a liaison; to be intimate; to spread widely; to disseminate

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

冗

Reading: ジョウ

Meanings: superfluous, uselessness

談

Reading: ダン

Meanings: discuss, talk

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.