List: Hokkaido-ben
Words specific of the Hokkaido dialect, spoken in Hokkaido, where there are cities like Sapporo, Hakodate or Asahikawa.
popular gikun or jukujikun rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone familiar language noun noun (generic) Hokkaido-ben
- one's father, one's old man, dad, pops
- middle-aged (or older) man, old man, geezer
- one's boss
- proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.), landlord
- grizzly bear
popular JLPT N2 ใ adjective adjective (generic) Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- loose
- lenient, lax
- gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
- slow, weak
- soft, not firm
- difficult, hard
noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ Hokkaido-ben
- stopper, plug, (nose) tissue
- (door) bar, bolt
search-only kana form ใ adjective adjective (generic) Hokkaido-ben
- small, little
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- to be freezing cold (of the weather), to be bitterly cold
- to freeze, to become frozen, to freeze over
usually written using kana alone Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- to swell up (by soaking in water), to become soft, to become soggy, to become sodden, to macerate
noun noun (generic) Touhoku-ben Hokkaido-ben
- money
noun noun (generic) Hokkaido-ben
- deep-fried chicken (esp. marinated in a sweet ginger soy sauce before frying)
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- to soak, to steep, to macerate
noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb abbreviation Hokkaido-ben
- teaching oneself, learning by oneself, self-study
- driving school