先生の冗談に笑わずにいられなかった。

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先生の冗談に笑わずにいられなかった。

English Translation

We couldn't help laughing at the teacher's joke.

Furigana

先生(せんせい)の冗談(じょうだん)に笑(わら)わずにいられなかった。

Romanji

Sensei no jōdan ni warawazu ni irarenakatta.

Words

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

の (の)

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

笑う (わらう)

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

要る (いる)

to need; to want