Hida dialect

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Hida is a Japanese dialect spoken in the Gifu and Aichi prefectures of Japan. It uses a number of non-standard words, for example:

Hida Lexical category Standard Japanaese English
ashitari noun ashita tomorrow
appo noun mochi rice cake
dashikan adjective dameda no good, too bad
gade noun tsukaide quantity
gebasu intransitive verb shippaisuru fail
kenarui adjective urayamashii envious
kosui adjective zurui cunning
kotsukaru intransitive verb butsukaru collide with
kotsukeru transitive verb betsukeru strike, hit, knock
kowai adjective moushiwakenai afraid of
mataji noun katazuke clearing away
matajisuru transitive verb katazukeru clear away
oku transitive verb yameru stop
oharu transitive verb hoshigaru desire, want, wish
ori pronoun watashi, boku, ore I
osogai adjective kowai afraid
ozoi adjective warui inferior, poor in quality
utatei adjective arigatai thankful, grateful
wari pronoun anata, kimi you


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