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Kanji Detail for 冗 - "redundant, superfluous, unnecessary"
冗
- Meaning
冗 means "redundant, superfluous, unnecessary."
Useless - Not having any useful purpose or having no value.
Excess - More than is necessary, normal, or desirable.
Unnecessary - Not needed or required.
Disordered - Not arranged in a regular or proper way.
Troublesome - Causing difficulty or annoyance.
Unstructured - Lacking organization or structure.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
Sentences including 冗
Don't pull my leg !
He could not see the joke.
Her joke fell flat.
It was just a joke.
My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.
冗談じゃない。
It's no joke.
He regarded the story as a joke.
My joke went over very well.
He tells a good joke.
I said so purely in jest.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
奥さんの父親はたしか鳥取かどこかの出であるのに、お母さんの方はまだ江戸といった時分の市ヶ谷で生れた女なので、奥さんは冗談半分そういったのである。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
その調子は忙しいところを暇を潰させて気の毒だというよりも、せっかく来たのに泥棒がはいらなくって気の毒だという冗談のように聞こえた。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha