JLPT N2 · な-adjective

洒落 (share)

洒落 (しゃれ, share) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “joke; pun”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しゃれ
Romaji: share
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

joke; pun; jest; witticism; wordplay · noun
smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; refined · な-adjective

Example sentences

私たちはその教授が昔から言っているしゃれにうんざりしている。

We are tired of the professor's old joke.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 洒落

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	洒落だ	しゃれだ shareda
Present (polite)	洒落です	しゃれです sharedesu
Negative	洒落じゃない	しゃれじゃない sharejanai
Past	洒落だった	しゃれだった sharedatta
Negative past	洒落じゃなかった	しゃれじゃなかった sharejanakatta
Te-form	洒落で	しゃれで sharede
Before a noun	洒落な	しゃれな sharena
Adverb (~ni)	洒落に	しゃれに shareni

Kanji in 洒落

wash, sprinkleシャ・ソン・すす.ぐ・あら.う · 9 strokes

fall, drop, come downラク・お.ちる・お.ち · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 洒落.

お洒落おしゃれstylish洒落るしゃれるto dress stylishly落るおちるto fall落すおとすto drop落第らくだいfailure (in an examination)落着くおちつくto calm down落し物おとしものlost property落葉おちばfallen leaves転落てんらくfall墜落ついらくfall没落ぼつらくruin落下らっかfall落ち込むおちこむto feel down落ち着きおちつきcalmness

Source: JMdict entry 1568640 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.