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
ちょ13.41
中型14.37
笑い12.95
女子大生15.12
死んでも13.95
突っ込む13.15
ってことは13.48
ので11.80
12.13
スズ14.73
で候13.44
照れる13.93
によって12.54
珍獣14.63
要するに13.62
12.68
お願い12.92
13.06
12.53
ごめんください15.40
ミサイル14.21
よろしくお願いします13.42
それが12.31
非常に12.99
事がある12.89
お菓子13.35
をして12.06
珍貴17.42
世の中13.66
精神13.21
運が良い14.75
強調14.04
場面13.55
有望14.66
問わず14.02
ですら13.29
よー13.18
スペシャル14.63
じゃあ12.61
多い12.52
低位12.98
12.66
くたびれる14.55
そっち13.10
被る13.46
片手13.23
12.99
薄汚い14.54
クレーム14.78
用例16.24
どう12.34
出切る12.24
若干13.24
がし13.14
12.19
12.96
11.91
八〇〇14.24
如何13.47
知らず13.68
ほら13.02
通じる13.42
小指14.35
いくら13.05
12.95
菓子13.59
添い遂げる14.93
激励14.50
そして11.87
暗黒13.92
一体12.67
性根14.46
よう12.31
だった11.58
呼び捨て14.20
とにかく13.04
等など14.32
生まれる13.03
実践14.05
やーい15.41
またしても13.96
育てる13.68
手々13.09
売る12.92
とく13.39
顕著14.36
14.70
マイナー14.77
苛め13.87
13.50
分かる12.00
酷い13.02
たった13.33
薄ら14.39
黒糖15.07
名ノリ15.22
回し13.38
砕け13.75
細かい事14.77
後釜14.97

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