Meaning

Primary

Kansai Dialect

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember 関西, the Kansai region of Japan? Well, they have their own dialect — the Kansai dialect.

関西弁 can actually refer to any number of local dialects from the Kansai region. There are lots of them (Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara dialects to name a few), all with little differences in pronunciation and vocabulary that separate them from the standard Japanese you'd hear in Tokyo.

Reading

かんさいべん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This reading just combines the vocab 関西 with the kanji reading for .

Context

Context Sentences

私は関西弁がしゃべれます。

I can speak Kansai dialect.

それは関西弁のイントネーションではどんな感じになりますか?

What does that sound like in the intonation of Kansai dialect?

え、なんで関西弁話せるん?しかもめっちゃコテコテの関西弁やん!

Huh, why can you speak in Kansai dialect? And it's a super thick Kansai dialect at that!

Kanji Composition