c. Words (Lexical Feature)
There are various lexical differences between the Standard and Kansai
dialect from traditional ones to those created recently, such as;
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Tokyo
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Kansai
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"stumble"
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ころぶ
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こける
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"no good"
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いけない |
あかん
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"strange;
queer"
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奇妙な
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けったいな
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"boring"
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つまらない |
しょうもない
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"many, a lot"
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たくさん
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ぎょうさん、ようけ
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"chicken"
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鶏肉
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かしわ
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"rice
porridge"
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お粥
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おかいさん
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"McDonald"(fast-food
chain)
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マック |
マクド
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"false"(in
true-false)
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X(ばつ) |
X(ぺけ)
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Kansai peculiar words and expressions that apprear in this site are
listed under
Kansai
Vocabulary List.
Please also refer to the following website which lists a variety of
Kansai words.
http://www.nihongoresources.com/language/dialects/kansaiben/wordlist.html