List: Kansai-ben
Words specific of the Kansai dialect, spoken in the Kansai area, where there are cities like Kyoto or Osaka.
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明かん あかん akan
- useless, no good, hopeless
阿呆陀羅 あほんだら ahondara
- fool, oaf, airhead
- type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events
ええ ee
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JLPT-5
- yes, that is correct, right
- um, errr
- huh?
- grrr, gah, Must I?
- good
おい oi
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JLPT-1
じゃあ jaa
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JLPT-5
- then, well, so, well then
- combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles
- plain copula
ぼちぼち bochibochi
- little-by-little, gradually, slowly, soon
- not bad, passable, so-so
コール ko-ru
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- (telephone) call, (telephone) ring
- shout, call, chant
- call loan (e.g. 30-day call), call money
- coal
- cold
南京 ナンキン nankin
- Nanking, Nanjing
- pumpkin, squash
- Chinese, Southeast Asian, foreign
- rare, precious, cute
ホルモン horumon
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- hormone
- cows' or pigs' offal (entrails)
モータープール mo-ta-pu-ru
- parking lot (esp. a private lot, e.g. for corporate cars), car park