joke around

冗談を言う、ふざける

楽しむために面白いことを言ったり、いたずらをしたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To say funny things or play tricks for fun.

• We like to joke around together.
• She joked around with the other players on the bus.
• Are you joking around or trying to annoy me?

使い方： joke around with someone (We joked around with our cousins after dinner.)

類義語： joke, kid, banter

よく使う表現： joke around together, joke around with someone

冗談を言う

本気ではなく、楽しむために冗談を言う。

やさしい英語で： To say things for fun without meaning them seriously.

• I was only joking around.
• He joked around about becoming president, but nobody believed him.
• Please do not be upset; she was joking around.

使い方： joke around about something (We were joking around about buying an island.)

類義語： joke, kid, jest

よく使う表現： just joke around, joke around with someone

ふざける、遊んで時間を無駄にする

すべきことをせずに、ふざけて時間を無駄にすること。

やさしい英語で： To waste time behaving in a silly way instead of doing what you should.

• Stop joking around and finish your work.
• They joked around all morning instead of cleaning.
• We cannot joke around when there is so much to do.

類義語： fool around, mess around

よく使う表現： joke around instead, joke around all day