Kansai-ben: 05.Pickle store

Location: Kansai Dialect Self-study Site / Ch5. Talk in Town /

５. 漬け物屋(つけものや)で (At a pickle store in Kyoto)

[Context] トモちゃん is in a pickled vegetable store in Kyoto, thinking of buying some preserved vegetables for her father as a gift on Father’s day.

Vocabulary

- 日保(ひも)ちする preserve, keep for a long time
  真空(しんくう)パック vacuum packing
  商品(しょうひん) merchandize
  常温(じょうおん) room temperature
  保(も)つ last, be preserved
  浅漬(あさづ)け vegetables lightly pickled
  冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ) refrigerator
  お薦(すす)め recommendation
  ごぼう burdock
  きゅうり cucumber
  刻(きざ)む cut fine, chop up
  香(かお)り aroma
  梅(うめ) plum
  かつお bonito, dried bonito flake
  柴漬(しばづ)け pickled cucumber in plum vinegar
  〜半(なか)ば the middle of …
  微妙(びみょう) subtle, delicate, not sure (to negate indirectly)
  ちなみに incidentally, by the way, in this connection
  ご予算(よさん) estimate, budget
  種類(しゅるい) kind
  お得(とく)（な） economical, profitable
  好(この)み preference
  はずれる miss
  当(あ)たる hit, strike, be correct (<->はずれる)
  包(つつ)む wrap
  時期(じき) time, period
  なす eggplant
  瓜(うり) melon
  味見(あじみ) tasting
  つる vine, tendril
  定番(ていばん)standard goods

内容質問(ないようしつもん)(Content Questions)

Q1: What did トモちゃん ask the sales clerk at the beginning of the clip?

Is there any that can last two months?
Is there any that can last a couple days?

Is there any that can last two weeks?

Q2: What was the sales clerk’s answer to トモちゃん’s question?

He recommended lightly pickled vegetables, because they preserve their flavor in refrigerator.

He recommended vacuum-packed pickled vegetables, because they last longer in room temperature.

Q3: Why did the sales clerk lead トモちゃん to the assortments of pickled vegetables? Choose all that apply.

She can give each pack separately to several people.
They are a better deal than buying each pack individually.

They are within her budget.
They are suitable when you don’t know the preference of the person to whom you will give them as a gift.

Q4: What did トモちゃん decide to buy for her father after all? Choose all that apply.

Pickled daikon radish (spicy).
Pickled daikon radish (soy sauce flavor).
Shibazuke (Pickled cucumber, plum flavor).
Assortment (Six different flavored pickles).

Pickled burdock and cucumber (soy sauce flavor).
Pickled daikon radish (plum and bonito flavor).

Q5: What did the sales clerk mention when they moved to the浅漬(あさづ)け section? Choose all that apply.

Pickled vine vegetables are not available because they are seasonal items.
Half-size pickled daikon is popular because its full size seems too big.

Pickled vine vegetables are in season.
Lightly pickled daikon radish is the most popular item.

Q6: What did トモちゃん buy for herself?

Lightly pickled daikon radish (half size).
Vacuum packed daikon radish (full size).
Vacuum packed daikon radish (half size).

Lightly pickled daikon radish (full size).

Q7 How did トモちゃん want the purchased items to be wrapped?

Wrapped all together.
Wrapped individually.

For her father – together, for herself – separately.

Q8: How much are they in total?

3,165-yen.
1,356-yen.
3,156-yen.

1,365-yen.