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- laughing matter
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- laughing matter
This phrase is used to refer to a situation or topic that is considered humorous or amusing rather than serious. It is often used to highlight the contrast between something that is light-hearted and something that is serious.
Generated collocations (experimental)
わらいごと笑い事ではないnot a laughing matterわらいごと笑い事にするto make light of somethingわらいごと笑い事がないthere's nothing to laugh aboutわらいごと笑い事のようにかんじる感じるto feel like a laughing matterしんこく深刻なわらいごと笑い事a serious laughing matterおかしなわらいごと笑い事a funny matterわらいごと笑い事にできないcannot be taken lightlyわらいごと笑い事としてあつかう扱うto treat it as a laughing matter
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It is no laughing matter that he couldn't graduate from university this year.
It's not funny! Do you have any idea how worried I was?