caper

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkeɪpɚ/

Noun

plural-normally figuratively

Japanese Meaning

（踊りながら行う）跳躍、飛び跳ねる動作 / はしゃぎや陽気な跳び（躍動） / いたずら、冗談、実用的なジョークなどの悪ふざけ

What is this buttons?

At the festival, the child's caper drew everyone's laughter.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

祭りで、その子のはしゃぎの跳躍がみんなの笑いを誘った。

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Sense（1）

A playful leap or jump.

Sense（2）

A jump while dancing.

Sense（3）

A prank or practical joke.

Sense（4）

(usually in the plural) Playful behaviour.

Sense（5）

(figuratively) A crime, especially an elaborate heist, or a narrative about such a crime.

His caper had failed to find a comic resolution. Instead, there had been a genre switch, and the madcap adventure had turned serious. Or had this bleakness underlain the caper from the start?

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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capers

（ plural ）

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