1. 开玩笑：Japanophobia 恐日症 | jape 开玩笑 | japer 开玩笑者

2. 戏言：japanning 涂漆层 | jape 戏言 | jape 笑料

3. 笑料：jape 戏言 | jape 笑料 | japonais 日本薄纺绸

1. 玩笑；恶作剧；戏弄
A jape is a silly trick that you play on someone which is quite funny and which does not really involve upsetting them.

noun

1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter

e.g. he told a very funny joke
he knows a million gags
thanks for the laugh
he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest
even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point

Synonym: jokegaglaughjest