How to say she made an effort at joking but it fell quite flat. in Japanese
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彼女彼女(kanojo) (pn) she/her/her/girl friend/girlfriend/sweetheartはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh冗談冗談(joudan) (n,adj-no) jest/joke/funny storyをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,言言(gen) (n) word/remark/statementおお(o) (int) oh!/polite prefix to the next wordうとうと(uto) (n) sun and moon/time/the years/the months努力努力(doryoku) (n,vs) great effort/exertion/endeavour/endeavor/effortしたした(shita) (n) did/a past form of the previous verb/tongue/tongue-like object/clapper/talonがが(ga) (prt) indicates sentence subject/indicates possessive/but/however/still/and、、(、) Japanese commaうまくいかなかったno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb。。(。) Japanese period "."
