Expressions
- Akan (あかん) Useless/No good/Hopeless(だめだ)
- Ikan(いかん)is sometimes used by young people in Seisan(West) dialect.
- Azuru (あずる) Verb To trouble/to pain/ to worry(苦労する)
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