List: Touhoku-ben

Words specific of the Tōhoku dialect, spoken in the Tōhoku region, where there are cities like Sendai, Iwaki or Koriyama.

  • Showing 1 - 10 of 21 words for the list Touhoku-ben. #thb
緩い ゆるい yurui

popular  JLPT N2  い adjective  adjective (generic)  Hokkaido-ben  Touhoku-ben 

  • loose
  • lenient, lax
  • gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
  • slow, weak
  • soft, not firm
  • difficult, hard
んだ nda

interjection  Touhoku-ben 

  • that's right, yes, uh-huh
おばこ obako

noun  noun (generic)  Touhoku-ben 

  • young girl, daughter, unmarried girl
お焼き おやき oyaki

usually written using kana alone  food, cooking  noun  noun (generic)  Hokkaido-ben  Touhoku-ben 

  • oyaki, fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings
  • imagawayaki, thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
童 わらし warashi

noun  noun (generic)  Touhoku-ben 

  • child
小っちゃこい ちっちゃこい chicchakoi

usually written using kana alone  い adjective  adjective (generic)  Hokkaido-ben  Touhoku-ben 

  • small, little
べこ beko

noun  noun (generic)  Touhoku-ben 

  • cow
やしっ子 やしっこ yashikko

noun  noun (generic)  Touhoku-ben 

  • thin person, skinny person
ばさま basama

noun  noun (generic)  Touhoku-ben 

  • granny
いずい izui

い adjective  adjective (generic)  Hokkaido-ben  Touhoku-ben 

  • unpleasant, uncomfortable
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