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北海道
Hokkaido

青森弁
Aomori dialect

新潟弁
Niigata dialect

岡山弁 本州
Okayama dialect
Main island

九州弁 関西弁
Kansai dialect
Kyushu dialect
四国
Shikoku island
九州
Kyushu island

NIIGATA DIALECT

おめえ いんや いとしげ おなご なにね

omē inya itoshige onago nani ne
you no cute girl what!?

あんま おーここ ちんこい だろも なーち

anma ōkoko chinkoi daromo nāchi
very wow small but your house
 AOMORI DIALECT

わ んだのか んだが んだ どしちゃ？

wa nda no ka n da ga n da do shicha?
I, me really? I see yeah what's up?

なんぼ なして たけぇ かっちゃ まんず

nanbo na shite takee katcha manzu
how much why high, expensive mother good bye!

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Aomori-ben Standard Japanese English Approximation

すべ・su be しよう・shiyō let's do, should do

行ぐべ・igu be 行こう・ikō let's go

会うべ ・au be 会おう・aō let's meet

KANSAI DIALECT

なんでやねん！？ なんやこれ？！ どしたん？ ええやん！ おもろい！

Nande ya nen!? Nan ya kore?! Do shitan? Ē yan! Omoroi!
What the heck?! What is this?! what s wrong? isn't it good? That's funny!

ありへん！ ええで ええねん！ 何してんねん？ 何しとん？

Ariehen! Ē de Ē nen! nani shiten nen? nani shito n?
Unbelievable! it s fine Allright! what are you doing? what are you doing?
(osaka) (kobe)

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Kansai-ben Tokyo English Approximation

ちゃう・Chau ちがう・Chigau Different

あかん・Akan ダメ・Dame no good

めっちゃ・Metcha とっても・Tottemo Very

分からへん・wakarahen 分からない・wakaranai I don t understand

あほ・Aho バカ・baka idiot

おおきに・ōkini ありがとう・arigatō thank you

ほんま・honma 本当・hontō really

 OKAYAMA DIALECT

じゃ あち なんぼ? やしい ぎょうさん

Ja Achi Nanbo? Yashii Gyōsan
Yes Hot How much? Cheap Many

おえん おいでんせえ さび ぼっけえ なに しょん？

Oen Oidensē Sabi Bokkē Nani shon?
Not good Welcome (to a shop) Cold Very What are you doing?

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Okayama-ben Standard Japanese English Approximation

知らん・shiran しらない・shiranai don't know

買うて・kōte 買って・katte to buy (te-form)

ねえ・nee ない・nai not

ちばけな・chibake na ふざけるな・fuzakeru na give me a break, don't be silly

あんた・anta あなた・anata you

気がわりい・ki ga warii ムカつく・mukatsuku annoying, irritating

よう・yō よく・yoku how dare

思よんか・omoyo n ka 思っているのか・omotte iru no ka to be thinking

気持ちわりい・kimochi warii 気持ち悪い・kimochi warui sick , yuck

何よん・nani yon 何を言ってるんだ・nani o itte iru n da? What are you talking about?

What dialect do you speak?

Doko no hōgen o hanashimasu ka.
どこの方言を話しますか。
I speak Kyushu dialec
t.
Kyūshū-ben o hana
shimasu.
九州弁を話します。

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