so there is no urgent need to hit the books hard again. However, if you befriend some of the locals, while you won’t be expected to speak in Kansai dialect, you are more likely to build a closer ...

with the Kansai-ben regional dialect replacing “arigato” with “ookini” for “thank you“. People in Japan and around the world are continually fascinated by the intriguing distinctions between the two ...

Many of these stereotypes are manifest in Kansai’s long-established comedy scene (see below) and animated dialect (see below). On the flip side, Kanto people are often described as polite ...

But while outsiders might be scoffed at for only recognizing Osaka-ben (dialect), the stuff of comedy television, there's a Kansai speech pattern that even most residents couldn't identify ...

Of all Japan's dialects, the Kansai dialect, or Kansai-ben, is most well-known and likely the one you'll hear of most often. Spoken often within comedy TV shows, it is an interesting, casual and ...