# The Japanese-media-by-dialect Project **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [August 23, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159 "2021-08-23T08:59:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/1 "2021-08-23T08:59:02Z")
Hello everyone! This is going to be a collaborative project. So please join the efforts. Dialects are still a bit of a mystery to me, and maybe to many others as well. So this is a place for people to check what’s the dialect of this thing they’re spending time with, or to find something with a specific dialect, to practice. All is good: anime/manga, videogames, doramas, novels, films, podcasts, Vtubers, if it’s in Japanese it goes in here. Second post will be a wiki, I’ll start with the only item I’m pretty sure of. ![help me](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/a/0/a/a0a697185568020f0acf9c3fef69e39131297ea3.gif) Tagging [@Mods](https://community.wanikani.com/groups/mods) in case this is something the WK writers can help with; if it is, please let them know about it. Also, if the project gains traction and the wiki gets more and more items, it might be a good idea to pin this thread 😊 ---
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 8:59am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/2 "2021-08-23T08:59:30Z")
List of dialects and works. Please note that some works feature more than one dialect. > **Fukuoka dialect** > > Yakuza 7 > **Gifu dialect** > > Yuru Camp > **Hiroshima dialect** > > Manabi Ikiru wa Fuufu no Tsutome ([学び生きるは夫婦の務め](https://sai-zen-sen.jp/comics/twi4/gakuseihuuhu/)) > Yakuza 6 > **Hokkaido dialect** > > Erased > Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! > Yakuza 7 > **Nagoya dialect** > > Yakuza 7 > **Okinawa dialect** > > Yakuza 3 > **Ōsaka dialect** > > Azumanga Daioh > Cardcaptor Sakura > Jarinko Chie > Lovely Complex > Yakuza games in general > **Saga dialect** > > Zombie Land Saga > **Sasebo dialect** > > Kids on the Slope > **Tokyo; Yamanote dialect** > > Death Note (?) - note: like most anime, characters in Death Note speak run-of-the-mill standard Japanese, not exactly Tokyo dialect (there are differences); maybe remove this entry? > **Tokyo; Shitamachi dialect** > > Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu > **Tsugaru dialect** > > Flying Witch > Mashiro no Oto > **Yamagata dialect** > > Swing Girls There might be more specific details about the works below (in fact, this is encouraged), so please use the search feature if you’re interested in anything in particular, or ask if you can’t find what you’re looking for 😊 ---
**Author:** ![d-hermit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/d-hermit/32/246498_2.png) [@d-hermit](https://community.wanikani.com/u/d-hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/3 "2021-08-23T09:31:20Z")
ましろの音 - Tsugaru-ben (Aomori) spoken by one main character and a few supporting ones. > [@BrunoCaesarBlue](#): > > Zombie Land Saga Are you sure, I don’t recall the characters speaking a dialect? ---
**Author:** ![jneapan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jneapan/32/3868_2.png) [@jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jneapan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:39am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/4 "2021-08-23T09:39:48Z")
> [@d-hermit](#): > > Are you sure, I don’t recall the characters speaking a dialect? Maybe not all of the main cast, but Sakura and Saki definitely do. So do a lot of the background random mob characters, like the policeman and other townspeople. ---
**Author:** ![d-hermit](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/d-hermit/32/246498_2.png) [@d-hermit](https://community.wanikani.com/u/d-hermit)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:43am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/5 "2021-08-23T09:43:52Z")
> [@jneapan](#): > > > [@d-hermit](#): > > > > Are you sure, I don’t recall the characters speaking a dialect? > > Maybe not all of the main cast, but Sakura and Saki definitely do. I thought Saki was speaking 不良 slang? Sakura I don’t recall really, it’s been a while. Need to re-watch. > [@jneapan](#): > > So do a lot of the background random mob characters, like the policeman and other townspeople. Yeah, that must be the case but they don’t have much screen time at all. ---
**Author:** ![jneapan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jneapan/32/3868_2.png) [@jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jneapan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:45am UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/6 "2021-08-23T09:45:47Z")
> [@d-hermit](#): > > I thought Saki was speaking 不良 slang? She did, but that’s just vocab. It was definitely mixed with a strong regional dialect as well. ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/7 "2021-08-23T12:13:51Z")
Swing Girls is delivered almost entirely in Yamagata-ben. Every second Asadora is made in Osaka, and generally set somewhere in western Japan, while every other one is made in Toyko and set somewhere in eastern Japan. I did a translation of one of them, and had to learn both Osaka dialect and Hiroshima dialect. ---
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/8 "2021-08-23T13:12:08Z")
> [@jneapan](#): > > Maybe not all of the main cast, but Sakura and Saki definitely do. So do a lot of the background random mob characters, like the policeman and other townspeople. > [@d-hermit](#): > > ましろの音 - Tsugaru-ben (Aomori) spoken by one main character and a few supporting ones. Yeah this kind of info is really useful, precisely what people unfamiliar with the dialect need to learn to spot it 🤩 > [@Belthazar](#): > > Swing Girls is delivered almost entirely in Yamagata-ben. > > Every second Asadora is made in Osaka, and generally set somewhere in western Japan, while every other one is made in Toyko and set somewhere in eastern Japan. I did a translation of one of them, and had to learn both Osaka dialect and Hiroshima dialect. I’ll add Swing Girls to the wiki! Also, is this the Asadora manga? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/9 "2021-08-23T13:13:27Z")
> [@BrunoCaesarBlue](#): > > Also, is this the Asadora manga? No, it’s [asadora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asadora). ---
**Author:** ![NicoleIsEnough](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/nicoleisenough/32/87285_2.png) [@NicoleIsEnough](https://community.wanikani.com/u/NicoleIsEnough)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/10 "2021-08-23T13:20:32Z")
> [@BrunoCaesarBlue](#): > > So this is a place for people to check what’s the dialect of this thing they’re spending time with You’re not referring to a person’s spouse, are you? 😜 > [@BrunoCaesarBlue](#): > > Kyuushuu dialect I’m not sure there’s a single thing called Kyuushuu dialect, though… There are just so many dialects in Kyuushuu, e.g. Hakata-ben, Kumamoto-ben, Kagoshima-ben, just to name a few that come to mind. Here is a much better classification of them: [Japanese dialects - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_dialects#Kyushu_Japanese) ---
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/11 "2021-08-23T13:24:10Z")
Nicole to the rescue! Thanks. The wiki will gradually get more and more accurate and expansive, slow and steady wins the race > [@NicoleIsEnough](#): > > You’re not referring to a person’s spouse, are you? 😜 Hmm, it could be, I think @Nemuitanuki would probably benefit from this lol Let’s help her 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![jneapan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jneapan/32/3868_2.png) [@jneapan](https://community.wanikani.com/u/jneapan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/12 "2021-08-23T14:00:54Z")
If you know which one of those dialects is spoken in Sasebo City in Nagasaki Prefecture, that’s the exact city where Kids on the Slope takes place, I’d be happy to correct it. I’ll change it to Sasebo dialect in the meantime. ---
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/13 "2021-08-23T14:03:40Z")
Yeah I think either Sasebo or Nagasaki are good > **[Hichiku dialect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hichiku_dialect)** > > The Hichiku dialect (肥筑方言 Hichiku hōgen) is a group of the Japanese dialects spoken in western Kyushu. The name Hichiku (肥筑) is constructed by extracting a representative kanji from Hizen (肥前), Higo (肥後), Chikuzen (筑前) and Chikugo (筑後), names of old provinces in there. > The Hichiku dialect includes: Thank you @Greya! ---
**Author:** ![RachelG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/rachelg/32/360046_2.png) [@RachelG](https://community.wanikani.com/u/RachelG)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/14 "2021-08-23T15:42:47Z")
Hey hey! Thanks for letting us know. Seems like a cool collaborative project 🙌 ---
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/15 "2021-08-23T15:45:41Z")
![giphy](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/2/a/e2aea0c1c5154f5e3111c64d06d1730a58c440e4.gif) Also, I heard you were on vacation mode for a while? Welcome back! Now go do your reviews 😜 ---
**Author:** ![s1212z](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/s1212z/32/182211_2.png) [@s1212z](https://community.wanikani.com/u/s1212z)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/16 "2021-08-23T17:05:05Z")
For anyone interested, I posted a [Fukushima dialect](https://kitsun.io/store/detail/60e7b515e6933377a8624c4e) deck on Kitsun. They are mostly from [LINE stickers](https://store.line.me/stickershop/product/11724243/ja) of common phrases along with a few other youtube samples. They have a bunch of dialect regions to choose from though I would trust a native from that region to clarify the standard Japanese unless you are a dialect wizard. ---
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@yatw938484996 make yourself at home 😊 ---
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Who hath summoned me? 🧐 And for what purpose? _Checks thread OP_. ---
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Does Okinawan count as a Japanese dialect or separate language? It’s kind of like what Scots is to English I guess. Either way, I’m adding this link to Imabi’s Okinawan guide: > **[IMABI](https://www.imabi.net/okinawanscript.htm)** > > A comprehensive Japanese learning resource which goes from zero knowledge to classical language. ---
**Author:** ![anon45962687](https://cdck-file-uploads-global.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wanikanicommunity/original/3X/f/d/fd4c154120954695f788402f3bcf4e616499bc2d.png) [@anon45962687](https://community.wanikani.com/u/anon45962687)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159/20 "2021-08-23T22:51:08Z")
Hm, I’m no expert, but I skimmed that link and it looks distinct enough to be considered its own language. Still, it _is_ spoken in Japan, and if there are works that use it, they can go into the wiki with the “another language” caveat. [Next page](https://community.wanikani.com/t/the-japanese-media-by-dialect-project/53159.md?page=2)