冗談をおもしろいと思うかどうかは、主として育った場所による。

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English Translation

Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.

Furigana

冗談(じょうだん)をおもしろいと思(おも)うかどうかは、主(しゅ)として育(そだ)った場所(ばしょ)による。

Romanji

Jōdan o omoshiroi to omou ka dō ka wa, shutoshite sodatta basho ni yoru.

Words

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)

jest; joke; funny story

を (を)

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.

面白い (おもしろい)

interesting; amusing

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

は (は)

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

主として (しゅとして)

mainly

育つ (そだつ)

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

場所 (ばしょ)

place; location; spot; position; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

に (に)

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

因る (よる)

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from; to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at