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English translation: terrible joker

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Japanese term or phrase:	とんだ三枚目
English translation:	terrible joker
Entered by:	Dr. M. S. Niranjan

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09:09 Oct 7, 2010

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Japanese term or phrase: とんだ三枚目

In a manga, in the sentence:
とんだ三枚目を演じただぜ！

I gather that 三枚目 is a comic role, but not sure how とんだ effects it.

Lara Silbert KudoZ activity Questions: 127 (4 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 16
Local time: 12:26

terrible joker

Explanation:
"What a terrible joker he played!" or "What a horrible comedian he acted out!"
These seem to fit, but the correct expression should be based on the picture and the flow of the story.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2010-10-07 17:46:42 GMT)
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As Mika Jarmusz さん pointed out, this expression can be a first person speech or can be about a third person. Of course the context makes clear who acted like a joker, whether intentionally or not, etc.

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Dr. M. S. Niranjan
India
Local time: 09:26

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thx so much :)
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Summary of answers provided

to make him a figure of fun among those present

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)

terrible joker

Dr. M. S. Niranjan

a pretty darned good comedian / a surprisingly good comedian

Joyce A

Summary of reference entries provided

FYI

cinefil

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

33 mins confidence:

to make him a figure of fun among those present

Explanation:
See: http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/三枚目

Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 07:26
Native speaker of:

Thai
PRO pts in category: 28

2 hrs confidence:

terrible joker

Dr. M. S. Niranjan
India
Local time: 09:26
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

thx so much :)

1 day4 hrs confidence:

a pretty darned good comedian / a surprisingly good comedian

Explanation:
とんだ三枚目を演じただぜ！ =
--- He played a pretty darned good comedian.
--- He played a surprisingly good comedian.

--- とんだ has a lot of meanings so it depends on the context of your manga.

--- Below is a website with definitions of とんだ. I'm taking definition number 3:
(3)（逆説的に）すばらしい。とてもよい。

http://www.weblio.jp/content/とんだ
とんだ 0
（連体）

(1)思いがけないさま。意外で大変な。とんでもない。主に、よくない意で用いる。
「―災難だった」「この度は―ことでした」「―過ちをしでかした」
(2)ひどく道理にはずれた。あきれた。とんでもない。
「―うそを言いやがって」「―お笑いぐさだ」
(3)（逆説的に）すばらしい。とてもよい。
「―美人だ」
（副）
思いがけず。非常に。

Joyce A
Thailand
Local time: 07:26
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English
PRO pts in category: 64

Reference comments

13 hrs

Reference: FYI

Reference information:
とんだ：
by accident, unexpected, unintentionally, as a result

cinefil
Japan
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 36

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Oct 15, 2010 - Changes made by Dr. M. S. Niranjan:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Oct 7, 2010:
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