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【細かい日本語コーナー】 関西弁喋ってみやん? kansai-ben crash course!
since @onigiriforears さん's seitokai bookclub will be reading 光が死んだ夏 for spooky season, i thought i'd do an introductory post on 関西弁! hikaru is definitely tricky if you don't know any 関西弁, so i hope this will be a helpful intro for anyone reading/watching the series for the first time. ほんじゃ、行くで〜!
n.b.: i think the manga uses 三重弁, and i know more about 和歌山弁 and 大阪弁, so forgive me if anything isn't exactly representative of how they talk in hikaru!
「関西弁」って知っとるん?
in japanese class, we generally learn standard japanese, or 標準語(ひょうじゅんご), which is spoken in tokyo and in higher social registers, like at work. kansai japanese is spoken locally in kansai! the kansai region is on the island of 本州 (honshu) and is usually said to contain these prefectures:
hyogo 兵庫県
kyoto* 京都府
mie 三重県
nara 奈良県
osaka* 大阪府
shiga 滋賀県
wakayama 和歌山県
these prefectures all use a noticeably similar variety, aka 方言/"dialect", of japanese, though there are definitely differences across the region.
just to cover my linguistic bases: "dialect" can be a charged or derogatory term in english. when i use the word "dialect", i use it as a neutral synonym for "variety", meaning a type of some given language (including a regional type, a social type, a historical type, etc.). for this reason, i use "variety" much more often, but 方言 in japanese does literally translate to "dialect". no linguistic variety has any inherent moral, societal, or scientific worth.
as with any non-standard variety/方言, usage of 関西弁 tends to be heavily context-dependent. for example, teachers in the region may use 関西弁 with each other in the staff room but 標準語 during class with older students. similarly, someone using 敬語 (honorific language) will probably not combine it with 方言. if you speak a non-standard variety of any language, you have probably had similar experiences.
anyway, let's finally get into some of the concrete differences between 標準語 and 関西弁!
*kyoto and osaka here refer to the prefectures (= 府 "borough"), not the cities, which of course are contained in their respective prefectures.
vocab items
関西弁 is famous for certain vocab items (kind of like how "pop" is considered a great lakes regionalism in the us). some words from 標準語 are just entirely different words in 関西弁:
だめ → あかん
本当 → ほんま
some words are pronounced differently, or are old-fashioned:
いい → ええ
そう → せ (sometimes)
言う → ゆう*
いる → おる** (including in the 〜て form)
or, some words are frequently abbreviated:
違う → ちゃう
よく → よう
難(むずか)しい → むずい
おもしろい → おもろい
not all of these are 関西弁-exclusive, but they're all very common in 関西弁!
*remember, 方言 doesn't usually get combined with 敬語 or 丁寧語, so forms like ゆう tend to show up only in the plain form, like 言った → ゆった, but not 言いました → ✕ゆいました.
**eagle-eyed readers may notice おる is the equivalent of いる in 謙譲語 (humble language). as it turns out, おる is just the old-fashioned version of いる which, in other places in the country, only stuck around as a hyper-formal form. neat!
sentence-final particles
conversational (i.e., non-grammatical*) particles may be different, too!
よ → で、ねん
ね → な
じゃない? → ちゃう?
じゃん** → やん、やんか、やんけ (rough)
の? → ん? (pronunciation allowing, e.g. ✕ 知らんん?)
these particles are all optional, but they're some of the most noticeable things about 関西弁 in my mind. when you're listening to/reading them all the time, you can get used to them really quickly!
*though many varieties of japanese differ in their usage of grammatical particles as well, e.g., の as が and vice-versa.
**see below for more details on what happens to the copula!
lots of grammatical forms
famously, there are lots of negative verb endings in 関西弁. in 標準語 we learn the 〜ない form (and the 〜ず form, which used to be a fully independent verb form!), but in 関西弁, the most common negative is famously 〜へん.
but there are others! the following are just some possible negatives!
わからない → わからん、わからへん
わからなかった → わからんかった、わからへんかった
見ない → 見やん
見ないで → 見やんといて*
しない → せへん
しないで → せん、せんといて*
also, conditional forms from 標準語 often get abbreviated:
こけたら → こけた
こけた帰(かえ)るわ = if i fall over, i'm going home (real quote from my co-teacher having sat on a broken chair)
守らなければ → 守らな
交通(こうつう)ルールを守らなあかん = we have to obey traffic laws
走(はし)っては → 走った (cf. standard 走っちゃ)
走ったあかん = no running
and as stated above, the 〜ている form uses おる instead:
知(し)ってる → 知っとる
よう知っとるな = you really know your stuff
the 〜てしまう form also gets abbreviated, kind of like 〜ちゃう in 標準語:
行っちゃう → 行ってまう
行っちゃった → 行ってまった、行っちまった、行ってもうた
lastly, the negative い-adjective form (including the declined 〜たい form, etc.) is also frequently abbreviated by deleting the く:
暑くない → 暑(あつ)ない
早(はや)くない → 早(はや)ない
行きたくない → 行きたない
*eagle-eyed readers may notice that the 〜といて ending looks like a conjugation of 〜ておく, and they're right! the 〜ておく form is used very liberally in 関西弁, including in the negative command form as above, but also just all over the place in regular speech.
the copula
the term "copula" refers to だ in 標準語, but in 関西弁, the copula is や! this even affects copula contractions such as (what would be) じゃん*.
そうだね → せやな
そうだろう → せやろう
そうだったんだ → そうやったんや
決(きま)まってるじゃん → 決まっとるやん
because of the types of consonants that だ and や are,** i sometimes find myself using the や forms just because they're quicker/easier to say!
*just in case you needed a refresher, じゃない comes from ではない, where で is a copular form.
**specifically, plosive vs. glide. the closure for a plosive requires more work from your articulators.
pitch accent
the pitch accent in tokyo is famously very "flat", but in kansai, it's much more "musical". in particular, most* words in 標準語 start on a low pitch and go up (_↑), but in 関西弁, it's much more common to start on a high pitch and go down (_↓).
こ↑んにちは → こ↓んにち↑は
あ↑り↓がとう → あ↓りが↑と↓う
サ↑ーシャ → サ↓ーシャ (my name lol)
now, my personal opinion is that the best way to learn pitch accent is to actually hear and reproduce it, so if these janky arrows don't make any sense to you, please feel free to ignore them! but if you're comfortable with dissecting pitch accent, be sure to pay attention when you next listen to speech in 関西弁.
fun phrases
here are some common phrases you hear a lot in 関西弁!
知らんけど = not sure though
行けたら行く = i'll go if i can (but i don't really want to/probably won't)
まあええわ = まあいいよ
ちゃうわ = 違うよ
ヤや = いやだ
ほんじゃ = じゃあ、それじゃ/それでは
like with the vocab items, these are not necessarily 関西弁-exclusive, but they show up very frequently or are associated with the region.
簡単やん!
楽(たの)しいんちゃう?そんなにむずないやろう?みんなが「なんだか聞いたことある」とでも思ってくれたかな。関西弁の面白い点がこの他に山ほどあるから、これからよう聞き取ったり読み取ったりしてみてよう!
lastly, if i can, i'd love to be a point-person for fielding 関西弁 questions while the bookclub reads this series, so please reach out to me with any questions! if i can't provide help/answers just from experience, i'll definitely try and look up all the 細かい (nitty-gritty) details. ほんじゃ、またな!
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el maullido : meow el postre : dessert el grifo : tap, faucet el cenicero : ashtray estrellarse : to shine with stars la botana : snack la guadaña : scythe los pómulos : cheekbones temible : fearsome la tetera : teapot, tea kettle
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自制
じせい
self-control
自制できるようにならねばならない。 じせい できる よう に ならねば ならない。 You must learn to control yourself.
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Espalion, France (by Christian Choret)
today's random vocab
these vocab are built up from reading a bunch of stuff online last week, so buckle in!
nouns:
一人称(いちにんしょう) = (grammatical) first person
眼差し(まなざし) = a look, gaze
防寒(ぼうかん) = protection against cold
誹謗中傷(ひぼうちゅうしょう) = slander, calumny, libel
偏見(へんけん) = prejudice, bias
反芻(はんすう) = rumination, turning over in one's mind, pondering
その場(ば)しのぎ = stopgap, temporary measure
乗り気(のりき) = interest, enthusiasm, eagerness
手刀(てがたな) = hand used like a sword in striking
生(なま)返事(へんじ) = half-hearted reply, vague answer, reluctant answer
苦笑(くしょう) = bitter smile, sarcastic laugh
八つ当たり(やつあたり) = taking out one's anger on (note: not やっつ!)
意外性(いがいせい) = unpredictability, element of surprise
旦那(だんな) = master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband
不動産屋(ふどうさんや) = realtor
男前(おとこまえ) = handsome man
自動操縦(じどうそうじゅう) = autopilot, automatic control
うたた寝(ね) = doze, nap
侮辱(ぶじょく) = insult, affront, slight
根負け(こんまけ) = being beaten by one's opponent's persistence, being outlasted, giving in
困惑(こんわく) = bewilderment, embarrassment
verbs:
さざめく = to be boisterously noisy
覆い尽くす(おおいつくす) = to cover fully, wrap around
急かす(せかす) = to urge on, rush
泣き付く(なきつく) = to cling to in tears
なぐさめる = to comfort, console
つづる = to write, compose
すねる = to sulk, pout
こわばる = to stiffen
じゃれつく = to grab at, cling to (out of playfulness, affection)
切羽(せっぱ)詰まる(つまる) = to be at one's wits' end, be cornered
かすれる = to get hoarse
すがりつく = to cling to, embrace, hug
adjectives:
例(れい)の = said, aforementioned, in question
件(くだん)の = said, aforementioned, in question
きつい = tough, demanding, harsh; strong, intense; too tight
もどかしい = irritated, irritating; tantalizing, feeling impatient
特段(とくだん)の = exceptional, unusual, special
遠回し(とおまわし)な = roundabout, indirect, oblique
言葉少な(ことばずくな)な = of few words, reticent, quiet
不調(ふちょう)な = bad condition, not going to work out, out of form
adverbs/onomatopoeiae:
無理(むり)やり = forcibly, against one's will
時折(ときおり) = occasionally, from time to time
あっけらかんと = looking blank, looking as though one has nothing to do with what is going on
ひょいひょいと = nimbly, with agility
expressions:
だしにする = to use as a pretext, use for one's own advantage
無下(むげ)にする = to disregard, treat as useless (e.g., advice)
くぐもった声(こえ) = muffled voice
取り込み中(とりこみちゅう) = in the middle of something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening