Kansai dialect — A label in Kansai ben. The advertisement, Iwashi o tabena akan!, translates as You must eat sardines! … Wikipedia
Nagoya dialect — The Nagoya dialect (名古屋弁, Nagoya ben?) is a Japanese dialect spoken in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. In a wide sense, Nagoya dialect means the dialect in the western half of the prefecture (formerly part of Owari Province), and in that case, it is… … Wikipedia
Mino dialect — For other uses, see Mino. The location of Mino Province in Japan, ca. 1861. This is the general area in which the Mino dialect is spoken. The Mino dialect (美濃弁, Mino ben … Wikipedia
Nagaoka dialect — is a dialect of the Japanese language spoken in Niigata prefecture in the Chūetsu region of Japan. Nagaoka dialect is similar to Niigata dialect spoken in the Southern Kaetsu region. It differs somewhat from town to town. Contents 1 Accent 2… … Wikipedia
Japanese dialects — Japanese Geographic distribution: Japan Linguistic classification: Japonic Japanese Subdivisions: Hachijō Eastern Japanese Western Japanese Kyūshū Satsugū … Wikipedia
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
Japanese language — Japanese 日本語 Nihongo Nihongo (Japanese) in Japanese script Pronunciation … Wikipedia
Gender differences in spoken Japanese — The Japanese language is unusual among major languages in the high degree to which the speech of women collectively differs from that of men. Differences in the ways that girls and boys use language have been detected in children as young as… … Wikipedia
Modern kana usage — The modern kana usage (現代仮名遣い, Gendai Kanazukai?) is the present official kanazukai (system of spelling the Japanese syllabary). Also known as shin kanazukai (新仮名遣い, new kanazukai ), it is derived from the historical kana usage. Contents … Wikipedia