List: Touhoku-ben
Words specific of the Tōhoku dialect, spoken in the Tōhoku region, where there are cities like Sendai, Iwaki or Koriyama.
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N2 い adjective adjective (generic) Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- loose
- lenient, lax
- gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
- slow, weak
- soft, not firm
- difficult, hard
popular suffix particle interjection Touhoku-ben
- -ness
- indicates assertion
- come (on), come now, come along, here
- er, um, well, now, you see ...
- indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust, indicates retort
- indicates hearsay or rumor
- hey, yo
- used as a stand-in for various particles to mimic dialectal speech
- partial equivalent of the "ni" and "he" particles in standard Japanese
expression Touhoku-ben
- good evening (greeting, e.g. in emails sent in the evening)
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
usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- to soak, to steep, to macerate
interjection Touhoku-ben
- that's right, yes, uh-huh
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic) Hokkaido-ben Touhoku-ben
- oyaki, fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings
- imagawayaki, thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
noun noun (generic) Touhoku-ben
- child