Illustration: At the shared outdoor washing area of a rural Japanese fishing village, two local residents chat animatedly while rinsing vegetables. A Japanese friend visiting from another region stands beside them with a basket, listening closely but tilting their head in momentary puzzlement.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

方ほう言げん

hougen

dialect

Example sentences

いわゆる「標準英語ひょうじゅんえいご」とは世界中せかいじゅうで話はなされている数多かずおおい方言ほうげんのうちの１つにすぎない。
What we call 'Standard English' is only one of the many dialects spoken all over the world.
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大阪おおさかの方言ほうげんは聞きき取とり難がたい。
It’s hard to catch words in the Osakan dialect.
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彼かれらは南部なんぶの方言ほうげんで話はなしていた。
They were speaking in a Southern dialect.
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Kanji in 方言

方direction; personOnホウKunかた
言say; wordOnゲン・ゴンKunいう・こと

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