Tongue twisters that will make you laugh out loud! Super funny
Tongue twisters used for play and articulation practice.
Whether you’re just having fun or trying to improve your diction, you might as well enjoy it! In this article, we’ll introduce tongue twisters that make wordplay fun and interesting.
We’ve gathered tongue twisters that let you feel the charm of language—some with delightful word sequences that make you want to say them out loud, and others that are amusing even if you don’t quite understand the meaning.
They can also be used for children’s play or oral exercises for older adults, so please use them as a reference!
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Long Text & Continuous Challenge Tongue Twisters (1–10)
100 passenger aircraft, 100 passengers each
A tongue twister that’s hard even when spoken slowly: “100 passenger planes, 100 passengers each.” Let’s first go over the reading step by step.
"旅客機" is read as "ryokakuki," and the part "客各100人" is read as "kaku-kyaku hyaku-nin." In other words, each of the 100 airplanes has 100 passengers on board.
If you insert a slight pause after “kaku,” you’ll be more likely to succeed.
Incidentally, there’s an even harder version: “In Massachusetts, 100 passenger planes, with 100 persimmon-eating passengers each, are riding a gas-spraying bus and the bus gas explodes.” If you want to raise the difficulty, give that one a try too.
You keep calling me “you, you,” but I don’t go around calling you “you, you,” so stop calling me “you, you,” you!NEW!
The fun part is how your tongue gets twisted by repeating “anta” and “atashi” over and over.
It’s great practice for rhythm and pronunciation when read aloud by both kids and adults.
It feels like a humorous exchange—“Don’t say anta or atashi!”—almost like a real conversation.
The key is to savor the words and laugh as you take on the challenge.
Each read creates slightly different rhythms and pauses, so repeating it makes it even more enjoyable.
It’s a playful way to cultivate a feel for language—and once you read it, you might find it irresistibly catchy.
I told you to take it, so why didn’t you take it? I thought you were taking it.NEW!
A slightly chuckle-worthy tongue twister where the sounds “chi” and “to” pop up again and again.
Its charm is that when you try to read it, your mouth gets tangled and you can’t help but laugh.
For children, it becomes practice in moving the tongue while playing, and for adults, it can be enjoyed as a tongue exercise.
There’s even a story-like exchange of “I told you to do it but you didn’t… or so I thought, but actually you did,” so when you read it aloud, it feels like a little conversation.
Each repetition changes the rhythm and timing, so you discover new fun every time you read it.
bread wallNEW!
This is a tongue twister packed with the fun of rhythm and repetition.
If you try to say “pan-kabe, pan-kabe, pan-kabe…” ten times in a row, your mouth will get tangled, and you can’t help but laugh—that’s the charm.
For kids, it becomes a playful exercise for the tongue and mouth, and for adults, it’s enjoyable as a tongue workout and pronunciation practice.
The slightly quirky pairing of “bread” (pan) and “wall” (kabe) creates a sense of rhythm, and it’s interesting that your voice and timing shift a little each time you read it.
Even with short words, the repetition makes your brain and mouth work at full speed, bringing laughter and new discoveries with every try—a tongue twister full of playfulness.
lukewarm shoulder massager
It’s a tongue twister that gives you a vaguely unpleasant feeling: a shoulder-massaging tapper that’s lukewarm when you press it against your shoulder.
Because it’s a simple combination of “shoulder tapper” and “lukewarm,” you can clearly picture the situation.
It’s neither cold nor warm—being “lukewarm” is what makes it feel unpleasant.
Since there are many repeated sounds, clearly pronouncing those parts as you go is the key to making it easier to say.
I’m Bob, I’m Bob, I’m Bob
It’s a simple line where a person named Bob just states his name, and the brisk pace up to the final word is what makes it funny.
Although the phrase is made up of the shared vowel sounds “o” and “u,” the presence or absence of the voiced consonants in “ku” and “bu” creates a tongue-twister effect.
For voiced sounds, how you move your lips is crucial, and it’s important to pay close attention to how you place them against your teeth as well.
First, clearly pronounce each sound—including the shape of your mouth—and then gradually increase your speed while staying mindful of the transitions.
That’s the recommended approach.
I leaned bamboo against this bamboo fence because I wanted to lean bamboo against it.
Among the many types of tongue twisters, one that is known to be especially difficult is: “Kono takegaki ni take tatekaketa no wa, take tatekaketakatta kara take tatekaketa.” Put simply, it evokes the image of bamboo being propped against a bamboo fence.
Once you understand what kind of situation it’s describing, you’ll be less likely to get confused.
That said, it’s quite a long tongue twister, so memorizing it is no easy task.
Start by reading it repeatedly to commit it to memory.
Long Text & Consecutive Challenge Tongue Twisters (11–20)
A singer came and told me to sing, but I would sing if I could sing like a singer; since I cannot sing like a singer, I will not sing.
Here’s a tongue twister where every word starts with “utauta.” It seems difficult, but if you tackle “utauta” as a single unit, like a rhythm practice, it might actually become relatively easy.
Also, if you keep repeating that part, your mouth is likely to get tired.
By the way, this tongue twister was used as the title of GReeeeN’s fourth album, and there’s a song with that title as well, so if you’re interested, give it a listen.
If you are going to dance, learn the principles of dancing and dance in accordance with those principles.
This tongue twister, which starts with a phrase reminiscent of the Tokyo Ondo lyrics, is actually easier to say smoothly than you might expect if you think about the structure of the sentence and where the accents fall.
If you place the accent on dōri (reason) and tōri (street/way) and draw them out a bit, it becomes easier to balance the sentence and it gets simpler—so give it a try.
Still, there are so many tongue twisters in the world; it makes you curious about who comes up with them and how, doesn’t it?
Pencils and sharpened points
There’s a tongue twister that uses expressions unique to the Nagoya dialect.
It goes: “Kondon toki wa tokin-tokin no enpitsu motte kan to kan.
Teka chanto kezutto kan to kan tte itto kan to kan.” The first thing that catches your attention is “tokin-tokin,” right? This word describes a pencil tip that’s sharpened to a fine point.
In the tongue twister, it’s basically saying, “Next time, I have to bring a pencil.
Or rather, I really need to make sure it’s properly sharpened, and I should say so too.” Because it includes unfamiliar dialect words, you could say the difficulty level is on the higher side.