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方言 (ほうげん): dialect — Japanese vocabulary

方言 is read ほうげん and means "dialect". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

方言

Reading
ほうげん · hougen
Translation
dialect
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ほうげんがほうげんが

Example

彼らは南部の方言で話していた。

かれらはなんぶのほうげんではなしていた。

They were speaking in a Southern dialect.

Kanji in this word

  • 方 — direction, person
  • 言 — say, word

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