Meaning

Primary

Kansai Dialect

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Do you remember 関西, which is the Kansai region of Japan? Well, they have their own dialect, and it is Kansai Dialect.

Reading

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

Explanation

The reading is the vocab 関西's reading and the kanji reading of , combined.

Context

Context Sentences

関西弁で、ウンチのことをババというらしいです。

I heard poop is called baba in Kansai dialect.

関西弁で文句を言われると、かなりこわいよね。

It's really scary when people complain in Kansai dialect, isn't it?

彼、私に向かって、「お前のこと嫌いやねん」とか「帰れや」とか言ったのよ。ひどいでしょ?でもさ、実は関西弁で言われたもんだから、ちょっと格好いいなんて思っちゃったんだよね。何か、すごいセクシーだったの。

He said things to me like, “I hate you” and “go home” and it sounds awful, doesn’t it? But I actually thought it was pretty cool because he said it all using Kansai dialect. It was really hot.

Kanji Composition