Nagoya Dialect - Vocabulary

Vocabulary

• Some words which are obsolete in Standard Japanese are still used.
• The number after an entry is the syllable accented. 0 means that the word is accentless.
• It does not reflect the transformations of diphthongs.

afurakasu 4 溢らかす

5v. to overflow, spill.

ayasui 3 あやすい

i-adj. easy to do.

arakenai 4 荒気ない

i-adj. violent, rough.

anbayoo 4 塩梅良う

adv. well; cleverly; skillfully. Note that the pronunciation is not *anbaiyoo.

igoku 2

v. to move. Standard Japanese "ugoku".

izarakasu 4 居去らかす

5v. (1) to drag. (2) to make something move.

izaru 0 居去る

5v. (1) to crawl (man moves not standing up) (2) to move in short distance.

ikka 1 幾日

n. (1)(obsolete) what day. (2)the day which is not definite now.

uderu 2 うでる

1v. to boil. Standard Japanese "yuderu".

ushinaeru 0 失える

1v to lose. Standard Japanese "ushinau" or "nakusu".

erai 2 えらい

i-adj. sick. painful. The word means "great" in the Standard Japanese.

oojookoku 5 往生こく

5v. To suffer hardship。

oochaku 0 横着

na-adj. idle.

okureru 3 御呉れる

1v. the respectful form of the verb "kureru"(give). Less polite than "Kudasaru".

osogai 3 おそがい

i-adj. scary.

ossan 1 おっさん

n. a Buddhism priest. Contraction of "oshoo-san". Note that the homonym "ossan" meaning "uncle" or "old man" differs in accent.

obowaru 3 覚わる

5v. to learn.

kaimon 3 支い物

n. (1) chips for kau. (2) curing compounds for kau.

kau 1 支う

5v. (1) to put something (props, sprags, chips of wood, etc.) in the opening to fix. (2) to lock the door. (3) to put curing compounds between jack and structure.

kazusuru 1 数する

suru-v. to count. Standard Japanese kazoeru.

kawasu 2

5v. emphasis form of kau. to put tightly.

kan 0 かん

Contraction of "ikan" (no good). "ikenai" in standard Japanese.

kankō 0 勘考

suru-v. To scheme, plot, devise, etc.

kisaru 0 着さる

5v. to fit. "awaseru" in the Standard Japanese.

kiseru 0 着せる

1v. Other than Standard Japanese "put on clothes," can also mean to fasten a lid or put on a cap.

kiinai, kinai 3, 2 黄ない

i-adj. yellow. "kiiroi" in the Standard Japanese.

kasugaru 0

5v. To stick, or be stuck. Standard Japanese "sasaru".

ketta 0 ケッタ

n. bicycle.

kettamashiin 5 ケッタマシーン

(< ketta + eng. machine) n. (1)=ketta. (2)bicycle with transmission. (3)motorcycle.

goburei 2 御無礼

suru-v. Often used for greeting idiom when you leave, decline, apologize with -masu form. "shitsurei" in Standard Japanese.

tawake/taake 0 戯け

n. fool. "baka" in Standard Japanese, "aho" in Kansai dialect.

chatto 1 or 0 ちゃっと

adv. quickly. immediately. "sassato" in Standard Japanese.

tsuru 0 吊る

5v. to carry a desk. "tsuru" means "to hang" in Standard Japanese.

doerai 3 どえらい

adv. very. extremely. Also deerai 3 and dera 0.

dobe 1 どべ

n. the lowest rank. last place in the ranking. "biri" in Standard Japanese.

torokusai 2 とろ臭い

i-adj. (1) inept. (2) absurd. "noroi" and "bakabakashii" in Standard Japanese.

hooka 0 放課

n. break time between school lessons. Do not confuse with "hookago" ("after school") in Standard Japanese.

maa 0 まあ

adv. already. "moo" in Standard Japanese. Ex. Maa, kan. (No good, already.)

mieru 2 みえる

1v. Respectful form of the verb kuru ("come") in Standard Japanese, but respectful form of the verb iru ("exist") in Nagoya dialect. Ex. Tanaka-san, miemasu? (Is Mr. Tanaka there? (honorific speech))

yattokame 0 八十日目

na-adj. after a long time. "hisashiburi" in Standard Japanese. Yattokame da namo ("Long time no see") is a famous phrase of Nagoya dialect.

yookee 3 ようけい

adv. many. "takusan" in Standard Japanese. Also yooke 0, which is also used in Kansai dialect.

waya 1 わや

na-adj. spoiled. ruined. "mechakucha" and "dame" in Standard Japanese. Also used in Kansai dialect and so on.