Jokes in Japanese

Learn Japanese through Jokes, Oyaji Gyagu, and Wordplay

de John Clay Boutwell, Yumi Boutwell

Dad jokes. Every culture has them, but Japanese takes these groan-worthy, yet clever, puns to an all new level. The Japanese language has a large number of homophones. This makes creating puns and wordplay fairly easy. Not too fond of oyaji gyagu? Don't worry. We'll also cover fun riddles and jokes that won't make Dad even grin.