Proper noun
かんさい
マイケルは、関西一の芸人としての地位を固めつつある。
Michael has been consolidating his position as the number one comedian in Kansai.
関東の人と関西の人って折が合わないって聞いたんですが、本当ですか。
I heard that people from Kanto and people from Kansai don't get along well. Is it true?
こいつは関西は完全に初心者だから、俺らが案内してやらないとな。
This guy is a total noob in Kansai, so we’ll have to show him around.
The Kansai region of Japan is the Southern Central part of Japan. It actually connects the East side of Japan (at least back in the day) to the West side, making it the "connection to the west." For our purposes, though, we should call it "Kansai."
Urgh, what a confusing reading! The 西 is さい instead of せい. Readings like this just make you want to sigh (さい), no?