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News Update
Tokyo gov't tries cloud seeding to cope with water shortage
● Report: 22 August 2013● water shortage in the Kanto region
○ due to high temperatures this summer● used ground-based cloud seeding device
○ installed in Okutama, Tokyo 50 years ago○ activated last Wednesday○ first time in 12 years○ rain fell about an hour after activation
Source: http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/tokyo-govt-tries-cloud-seeding-to-cope-with-water-shortage
Japanese Dialects方言
Dialect● 方言 “hougen” = dialect (1)
● Dialects are called -ben (弁), -kotoba (言葉), or namari (訛り)○ Osaka-ben○ Shitamachi-kotoba○ Tohoku namari
● There are over 100 Japanese dialects (2)
Dialect stereotypes (3)
● Kanto-ben○ Tokyo area○ ‘standard’ Japanese (標準語 hyoujungo)○ flat intonation○ Put ~さ (sa) at the end of every sentence
Dialect stereotypes (3)
● Kansai-ben○ Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe area○ lively and faster (than Kanto)○ charming/funny-obnoxious sound○ used by comedians and TV gangsters
● Sample expressions:○ あかん akan = no good○ まいど maido = thank you○ ぼちぼち bochi-bochi = alright
Dialect stereotypes (3)
● Kyo-kotoba (Kyoto Dialect) (4)
○ beautiful and and elegant○ formal expressions and verb endings
● Sample expressions:○ おいでやす oideyasu = welcome○ なんぼ nanbo = how much?○ おやすみやす oyasumiyasu = good night
Dialect stereotypes (3)
● Tohoku-ben○ Northern Honshu area○ the ‘hardest’ Japanese dialect○ long vowels, change k to g, put n before g○ sounds lazy
Japan by dialect
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Japanese_dialects-en.png
Samples
Tohoku Dialect(1:19)
Kyoto-ben(3:24)
Samples
Osaka-ben(4:31) - 1:30
Kansai-ben(4:43) - 0:50
References1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dialects2. http://www.japanlinked.com/Know-everything-about-Japan-except/how-
many-dialects-are-there-in-japan.html3. http://blog.japanalicious.com/japanese-dialects.html4. http://japanvisitor.blogspot.com/2008/07/kyoto-dialect.html5. http://www.tofugu.com/2011/07/25/all-you-need-to-know-about-japans-
weirdest-dialect-tohoku-ben/
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