List: Ryuukyuu-ben
Words specific of the Ryuukyuu dialect, spoken in the Okinawa prefecture. Many of the words in this dialect come from the Ryukyuan languages.
noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- southern Japanese mudskipper
noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- Javanese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)
polite language noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- everybody
noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- fisherman
usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- mother tongue (from the island where one was raised)
- Okinawan neologism (developed by the language revival movement)
slang sensitive noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- woman attracted to Americans (particularly in the military)
noun noun (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- shrine maiden
noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic) Ryuukyuu-ben
- hot (thing, temper, gaze, topic)
- hot, warm, sultry, heated
- thick, deep, heavy
adverb Ryuukyuu-ben
- very, exceedingly
expression Ryuukyuu-ben
- thank you (for the meal just served)