Yaeyama Dialect Book

入学・進級おめでとう!

入学・進級おめでとう!

 4月。新年以上に新しい自分になれる月ですね。皆さんも気持ち晴れやかに今年度をスタートしていることでしょう。   今回は年度の初めに使える八重山方言の挨拶について考えていきましょう。

入学・進級おめでとう!

 4月。新年以上に新しい自分になれる月ですね。皆さんも気持ち晴れやかに今年度をスタートしていることでしょう。   今回は年度の初めに使える八重山方言の挨拶について考えていきましょう。

砂糖天ぷら

砂糖天ぷら

「サーターアンダギーって何?」十歳のときだったかな。 テレビのクイズ番組で、天然キャラで沖縄出身のタレントが「サーターアンダギー」と言って笑いを誘っているところを見て母に尋ねたのを覚えています。

砂糖天ぷら

「サーターアンダギーって何?」十歳のときだったかな。 テレビのクイズ番組で、天然キャラで沖縄出身のタレントが「サーターアンダギー」と言って笑いを誘っているところを見て母に尋ねたのを覚えています。

振りカエル。 そして、かんガエル。

Swinging frog. And feeling frog.

When people from other regions don't understand the words they use, that's when most people realize, "Oh, that's a dialect!" When I'm curious about a dialect, I'm the type to...

Swinging frog. And feeling frog.

When people from other regions don't understand the words they use, that's when most people realize, "Oh, that's a dialect!" When I'm curious about a dialect, I'm the type to...

なかなか気づかん話

A story that is hard to notice

Here's a question! "If there's no kaane~, let's go to the sea~♪" - this part of "Ojii Jiman no Orion Beer/BEGIN" has an expression that is different from standard Japanese,...

A story that is hard to notice

Here's a question! "If there's no kaane~, let's go to the sea~♪" - this part of "Ojii Jiman no Orion Beer/BEGIN" has an expression that is different from standard Japanese,...

いいや、 あの人は「おじー」だろ

No, that person is "Oji-san"

I'll tell you a scary story. It's about when I went to an izakaya run by a friend of a friend on the main island of Okinawa. The owner was...

No, that person is "Oji-san"

I'll tell you a scary story. It's about when I went to an izakaya run by a friend of a friend on the main island of Okinawa. The owner was...

ぴーふった? くそふかした?

Did you p-puff? Did you p-puff?

Imagine this. You're alone with someone. You're driving a car. The windows are closed. If you smell poop, you'll probably think, "Did this guy poop?"

Did you p-puff? Did you p-puff?

Imagine this. You're alone with someone. You're driving a car. The windows are closed. If you smell poop, you'll probably think, "Did this guy poop?"