Gently Understanding Okinawan Dialect

Gently Understanding Okinawan Dialect

須方三城

People from Okinawa frequently make statements that, taken literally, mean "I will take your life," but they don't actually intend to kill anyone. "Shinasu" (死なす) has a nuance more like "I'll beat you up," and "Shineyo yaa" (死ねよやー) means something like "Get your act together." "Takkuru sarindo" (たっくるさりんど) is reported in the media as "I'll kill you," but in most cases it means "I won't actually kill you, but I'll beat you so badly you'll be begging me to put you out of your misery." So even if someone says "Takkuru su!" (たっくるす!) and comes at you swinging, they won't actually kill you. They'll just punch you with the intent to hurt. ※Note※ First and foremost, this work is a "comedy piece." The dialect explanations in this work are not based on thorough research, but rather dialect knowledge the author has naturally picked up from living normally in Okinawa—in other words, they have a strong regional slang flavor. Please enjoy this with the understanding that it's half-joking and about ninety percent humor.

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Statistics

Reading Time
41 min
Words 1,671
Sentences 250
Characters 3,281
Unique Words 667
1-Occurrence Words
450
Unique Kanji 406
1-Occurrence Kanji
219
Avg Word Difficulty 2.73
Avg Sentence Length 6.7

Word List (667 words)

WordFrequencyDifficulty
猪口才15.82
なので12.48
14.09
岩場13.79
12.51
やんわり14.25
果たして13.43
行けません13.55
したり13.12
と言うか12.68
激励14.50
タイミング13.16
八〇〇14.24
ては12.43
こう言う12.87
12.85
11.89
12.99
の様に12.34
麦茶14.86
13.50
12.53
すっごい14.09
ばあば16.02
それとも13.02
時の12.80
薩摩14.89
受け入れ13.34
この野郎14.28
売る12.92
所謂13.49
なるようになる15.25
完璧13.31
12.13
でしょ13.03
若干13.24
克く12.46
覚悟13.02
かも知れません13.08
元気13.07
ちょっ13.80
えっ12.85
全般14.44
大柄14.04
ねぇ12.61
仕事12.50
ふざけ14.01
13.94
学ぶ13.35
運が良い14.75
世の中13.66
そして11.87
ワンセット15.35
散る13.52
クレーム14.78
せる12.17
有望14.66
琉球15.20
用例16.24
殺意13.71
片手13.23
薄ら14.39
あら13.12
12.79
年配14.40
ぶっちゃけ13.90
全然13.10
比較的13.55
快速15.27
12.04
その他13.63
欲しい12.46
子たち13.93
すんな13.96
通じる13.42
撃たれる15.01
置く12.56
ブサイク15.05
こそ12.75
最愛14.24
となる12.78
小指14.35
簡単12.68
黒紫色15.53
多い12.52
兄矢14.52
未だ12.14
でも無い14.13
丸で12.60
覚え12.76
伴侶13.94
喧しい14.27
ミサイル14.21
14.10
大前提14.60
今回12.47
違法14.43
ない11.61
出切る12.24
黒糖15.07
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