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    3. 方言

    方言

    方ほう言げん

    dialect

    N2KMT6News #14+1CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ほうげん

    Noun

    1.
    dialect, provincialism

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは強つよい方ほう言げんを話はなす。

    He speaks a strong dialect.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    その方ほう言げんは、地じ元もとの人ひとにしか理り解かいできない。

    That dialect can only be understood by local people.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsDaily Life
    祖そ母ぼの方ほう言げんを聞きくと、故こ郷きょうを思おもい出だす。

    When I hear my grandmother's dialect, I remember my hometown.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    日に本ほんには地ち域いきごとに多た様ような方ほう言げんが存そん在ざいし、それぞれ独どく自じの魅み力りょくがある。

    In Japan, various dialects exist in each region, and each has its own unique charm.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsEducation
    方ほう言げんを学まなぶことは、その地ち域いきの文ぶん化かを深ふかく知しる良よい機いか会いだ。

    Learning a dialect is a good opportunity to deeply understand the culture of that region.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
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