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ใ‚ทใƒผใƒŸใƒผshi-mi-

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • tomb sweeping festival (Okinawa, April 4 or 5)
ใ‚†ใŸyuta

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • shaman (Okinawa, Amami), medium, exorcist
ใ‚ขใ‚ซใƒžใƒakamachi

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • queen snapper (Etelis coruscans), ruby snapper, flame snapper
ใƒˆใƒณใƒˆใƒณใƒŸใƒผtontonmi-

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • southern Japanese mudskipper
ใƒ”ใƒ‘ใƒผใƒ„pipa-tsu

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)
ใพใถใ„mabui

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • spirit, soul
ๆตทไบบใ†ใฟใ‚“ใกใ‚…uminchu

noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • fisherman
ๅณถ่จ€่‘‰ใ—ใพใใจใ…ใฐshimakutoxuba

usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)
  • Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
ใ‚ขใƒกๅฅณใ‚ขใƒกใ˜ใ‚‡amejo

slang  sensitive  noun  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • woman attracted to Americans (particularly in the military)
ไธŠๆˆธใ‚ธใƒงใƒผใ‚ฐใƒผjo-gu-

usually written using kana alone  noun (suffix)  noun (generic)  Ryuukyuu-ben 

  • liker of, fan, enthusiast, -phile
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