[japanese Culture] Osaka

大阪 おおさか Osaka よしもと　けいすけ Keisuke Yoshimoto

2nd biggest 3.7 million (daytime) 2.6 million (nighttime) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto 17.2 million

2nd biggest 3.7 million (daytime) 2.6 million (nighttime) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto 17.2 million Nation’s kitchen ( てんかの　だいどころ )

2nd biggest 3.7 million (daytime) 2.6 million (nighttime) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto 17.2 million Nation’s kitchen ( てんかの　だいどころ ) Unique entertainment culture

2nd biggest 3.7 million (daytime) 2.6 million (nighttime) Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto 17.2 million Nation’s kitchen ( てんかの　だいどころ ) Unique entertainment culture Osaka dialect

通天閣 つうてんかく tsuutenkaku

道頓堀 どうとんぼり dootonbori

大阪城 おおさかじょう Osaka castle

梅田すかいびる Umeda Sky Building

Food in Osaka くいだおれ　 kuidaore ‘cooking and eating to surfeited collapse’

おこのみやき okonomi-yaki

たこやき tako-yaki たこ： octopus

くしかつ kushikatsu

ばってら battera pressed mackerel sushi

Unique entertainment culture ・ traditional ・ comedy

文楽 ( 人形浄瑠璃 ) Bunraku (Ningyojooruri)

漫才　まんざい manzai ぼけ（ boke) つっこみ （ tsukkomi)

吉本新喜劇　よしもと しんきげ き Yoshimoto shin-kigeki

Osaka Dialect

Types of Accent ・ stress accent (eg. English) the relative emphasis is put on syllables in a word n. present vs. v. present ・ tone accent (eg. Chinese) the pitch (how high or low a sound is) within a single Syllable changes the meaning 媽 / 妈 (mā) "mother" — high level 麻 (má) "hemp" — high rising 馬 / 马 (mǎ) "horse" — low falling-rising 罵 / 骂 (mà) "scold" — high falling

・ pitch accent (eg. Japanese) every mora (corresponds to one hiragana letter) is either pronounced with a high or low pitch within a word or sentence 　こ／んにちは Used to distinguish some homonyms • は＼し (chopsticks) • は／し (bridge) • は／し no accent (edge) ここにきのはしがある。 Here is a pair of wooden chopsticks. Here is a wooden bridge. Here is the edge of a wood

accent map Osaka dialect ≒kansai dialect

Tokyo

Osaka

は＼し (chopsticks) は＼し (bridge) は／し (bridge) は／し (chopsticks) は／し no accent (edge) はし　 (edge) あ＼め (rain) あ／め (candy)

あ／め (rain) あめ　 (candy)

い／ぬ (dog)

い＼ぬ（ dog)

Vocabularies Tokyo

Osaka

・ Thank you 　 　ありがとう　 arigatoo 　 おおきに ookini ・ How much 　いくら　 ikura 　　　 　なんぼ　 nanbo ・ hasty, impatient 　せっかち　 sekkachi いらち　 irachi

• Osaka City http://www.city.osaka.jp/english/ • Culture in Osaka http://www.city.osaka.jp/yutoritomidori/susume/eng/ • Osaka dialect lesson in English http://mayumik.seesaa.net/

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