A Japanese jokeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

This is a joke that only Japanese people can understand.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

これは日本人しか解らないジョークです。 - Weblio Email例文集

The story was adapted for rakugo in which the setting is Kyoto Kodai-ji Temple, and at the end of storytelling, the ghost says, 'My child is important' (child is "ko" in Japanese and important is "daiji," so both words make the temple's name "Kodai-ji") as the point of a joke.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

落語では舞台が京都高台寺になっており、最後に幽霊が「子が大事（高台寺）」と言うのがオチになっている。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス