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single entendre

Noun
humorous
Japanese Meaning
この表現は、複数の意味を含まない、ひとつの意味のみ(特に下品な意味として)伝える言い回しを指します。つまり、ワードプレイや隠された意味がなく、直接的で単一の解釈しかできない冗談や表現として用いられるという意味です。
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彼は自分が機知に富んでいると思っていたが、その冗談は単に一義的で(しばしば下品な)意味しか持たない表現に過ぎず、全くひねりがなかった。

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(humorous) A phrase that has a single, often bawdy, meaning and is lacking in subtlety or cleverness.

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single entendre

He thought he was being clever, but his joke was just a single entendre.

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He thought he was being clever, but his joke was just a single entendre.

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