funny

面白い、おかしい

笑ったり、ほほえんだりしたくなる。

やさしい英語で： Making you laugh or smile.

• That joke is funny.
• She told us a funny story.
• The film was funnier than I expected.

類義語： amusing, humorous, comical

反対語： unfunny

よく使う表現： funny joke, funny story, very funny, funny person

変な、妙な

普通と違い、ときには何かがおかしいと感じさせる。

やさしい英語で： Strange or unusual, sometimes making you feel that something is wrong.

• This milk smells funny.
• My stomach feels funny today.
• Did you hear that funny noise upstairs?

類義語： strange, odd, peculiar

反対語： normal

よく使う表現： funny smell, feel funny, funny noise

怒りっぽい、神経質な

あることに意外なほど腹を立てたり、すぐ気を悪くしたりする。

やさしい英語で： Unexpectedly annoyed or easily offended about something.

• Don’t get funny with me.
• He is funny about lending his tools.
• She got funny when I mentioned the missing money.

使い方： be/get funny about something (He gets funny about people using his desk.); get funny with someone (She got funny with me when I asked about the keys.)

類義語： touchy, irritable

よく使う表現： get funny, funny about something

冗談、ジョーク

人を笑わせる冗談や発言。

やさしい英語で： A joke or amusing remark.

• He told a funny about his dog.
• She cracked a funny during the meeting.
• That was a funny I had heard before.

類義語： joke, quip

よく使う表現： tell a funny, crack a funny

面白さ、ユーモア

物事の、人を笑わせたり楽しませたりする性質。

やさしい英語で： The humour or amusing quality in something.

• Where is the funny in that story?
• She always brings the funny to these videos.
• I could not find the funny in his routine.

類義語： humour, comedy

よく使う表現： bring the funny, find the funny