N2596/1725

方ほう言げん

nounnoun (generic)

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ほうげん

Meanings

dialect, provincialism

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょは関西かんさいの方言ほうげんで話はなすので、最初さいしょは少すこし聞きき取とりにくかった。

Because she speaks in the Kansai dialect, it was a little hard to understand at first.

この地域ちいきの方言ほうげんには独特どくとくの表現ひょうげんがたくさんある。

This region's dialect has many unique expressions.

祖父そふの方言ほうげんが懐なつかしくて、聞きくたびに故郷ふるさとを思おもい出だす。

My grandfather's dialect is nostalgic, and every time I hear it I'm reminded of my hometown.

方言ほうげんを研究けんきゅうすることで、その土地とちの歴史れきしや文化ぶんかを深ふかく理解りかいできる。

By researching dialects, one can gain a deep understanding of the history and culture of a region.

都会とかいに出でてから、自分じぶんの方言ほうげんを使つかうことが恥はずかしいと感かんじるようになった。

After moving to the city, I started feeling embarrassed about using my own dialect.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)