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Zach

彼の冗談が一同をどっと笑わせた。

Sentence Analyzer

冗談 一同 どっと 笑わせた

English Translation

His joke set the company off into a fit of laughter.

Furigana

(かれ)冗談(じょうだん)一同(いちどう)をどっと(わら)わせた。

Romanji

Kare no jōdan ga ichidō o dotto warawaseta.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
一同 (いちどう)
all present; all concerned; all of us
()
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
どっと (どっと)
suddenly

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: superfluous, uselessness
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ
Meanings: same, agree, equal
Readings: ショウ、 わら.う、 え.む
Meaning: laugh