Kansai-ben: 08. Grilled oyster

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

８. 焼(や)き牡蠣(がき) (Grilled oyster at a fish shop in Kyoto)

[Context] トモちゃん decided to order a freshly-shucked-and-grilled oyster at the fish shop in Kyoto.

Vocabulary

- 帆立(ほたて) scallop
  天然(てんねん)natural
  むっちゃ(Kansai) =とても、すごく
  でかい (Kansai, blunt) = すごく大きい
  養殖(ようしょく) farm raised
  サザエ turban shell, top shell
  貝柱(かいばしら) shell ligament ( of a scallop)
  食(く)うて行きよる (Kansai) = blunt / pejorative expression of 食べて行く(refer to Ch4.L4.G2)
  食(く)え (Kansai) “Eat!” (imperative, blunt expression, refer to Ch4.L3.G1)
  お前(まえ)ら blunt expression of あなた達(たち)
  結構(けっこう) quite
  一口(ひとくち) one bite
  汁(しる) juice, broth

内容質問(ないようしつもん)(Content Questions)

Q1: How much is the grilled oyster that トモちゃん ordered?

81-yen.
108-yen.
810-yen.

180-yen.

Q2: Are the scallops they grill wild or farm raised?

Farm raised.

Wild.

Q3: The video shooter was not familiar with the English equivalent of サザエ. Why?

She hasn’t lived in America long enough to know the English equivalent of that kind of shell.
She sees them everywhere in the sea back in Boston (where she lives), but has never seen anybody eat them.

She believes American do not eat them, since she has never seen them in back in Boston (where she lives).

Q4: Do foreigners eat whole scallops, according to the fish dealer?

Yes, when he tells them to try them. But they usually don’t like it.
There are some who never try even if he tells them to try.
No, they usually don’t try, even if he tells them .
Yes, when he tells them to try. But they praise only the ligament, not other parts.

Yes, when he tells them to try them. Then they admit it’s delicious.

Q5: The fish dealer murmured お前(まえ)らの言(ゆ)うことは分からん (I have no idea what you say!). To whom did he say it most likely?

To トモちゃん and the video shooter.
To the Japanese customers who insisted he make sashimi for them.

To the foreigners who tried talking to the dealer in a foreign language.

Q6: Why did the video shooter say 結構(けっこう)時間(じかん)かかる?

She wanted the oyster to be cooked thoroughly so she wouldn’t get sick later.
She thought it might take too much time to grill the scallops.

She did not expect that it would take such a long time to grill one oyster.

Q7: What did トモちゃん say to the video shooter regarding the oyster that was being grilled?

I will let you have one bite.
I will give you the rest if I cannot eat it in one bite.

I suggest we share it.