彼の冗談で室内の緊張がほぐれた。

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彼 の 冗談 で 室内 の 緊張 が ほぐれた 。

English Translation

His joke eased the tension in the room.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の冗談(じょうだん)で室内(しつない)の緊張(きんちょう)がほぐれた。

Romanji

Kare no jōdan de shitsunai no kinchō ga hogureta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

の (の)

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

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)

jest; joke; funny story

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

室内 (しつない)

indoor; inside the room

緊張 (きんちょう)

tension; mental strain; nervousness

が (が)

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

解れる (ほぐれる)

to come untied; to come apart

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

室

Readings: シツ、 むろ

Meanings: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar

内

Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

緊

Readings: キン、 し.める、 し.まる

Meanings: tense, solid, hard, reliable, tight

張

Readings: チョウ、 は.る、 -は.り、 -ば.り

Meanings: lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)