banter

冗談のやり取り、軽口

冗談を言ったり軽くからかったりする、親しい間柄での会話。

やさしい英語で： Friendly conversation in which people joke with or gently make fun of each other.

• We enjoyed some friendly banter.
• Their playful banter made everyone laugh.
• There was plenty of banter between the two old friends.

類義語： teasing, joking

よく使う表現： friendly banter, playful banter, exchange banter, witty banter

冗談を言い合う

親しく話しながら、互いに冗談を言ったり軽くからかったりする。

やさしい英語で： To talk with someone in a friendly way, making jokes and gently teasing each other.

• The friends bantered happily.
• He was bantering with the waiter.
• We bantered about our football teams all evening.

使い方： banter with someone (She bantered with her colleagues during lunch.); banter about something (We bantered about our terrible cooking.)

類義語： joke, chat playfully

よく使う表現： banter with someone, banter about something, banter back and forth

からかう

相手を傷つけないよう、親しみを込めてからかう。

やさしい英語で： To make fun of someone in a gentle, friendly way.

• She bantered him gently.
• His friends bantered him about his new haircut.
• They bantered each other without causing any hurt feelings.

使い方： banter someone about something (They bantered him about his enormous hat.)

類義語： tease, kid

よく使う表現： banter someone gently, banter someone about something