Colloquial Kansai Japanese. D. C. Palter

      

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      COLLOQUIAL

       KANSAI

       JAPANESE

       まいど! おおきに! 開西弁

      COLLOQUIAL

       KANSAI

       JAPANESE

       まいど! おおきに! 間西弁

      The dialects and culture

       of the Kansai region

      ■

      DC Palter & Kaoru Slotsve

      TUTTLE Publishing

       Tokyo | Rutland, Vermont | Singapore

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      Immediately after WW II, serving in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur, Tuttle was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world's leading independent publishers.

      Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honored by the Japanese emperor with the "Order of the Sacred Treasure," the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.

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      This book is dedicated to the memory of those who died in the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4629-0168-5 (ebook)

      Previously published in 2002 as Kinki Japanese

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      First edition, 1995

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      ■ Contents ■

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       1. Fifteen Words Needed to Survive in Kansai

       2. Example Conversations I

       3. Kinki Variations: Kansai-ben Across Kansai

       4. Fifteen More Words Needed to Survive

       5. Example Conversations II

       6. Tora-Kichi

       7. Fifteen More Kinki Words

       8. Example Conversations III

       9. Kinki Cuisine

      10. Final Fifteen Words to Master Kinki Speech

      11. Example Conversations IV

       Dictionary

       Index

      ■ Acknowledgments ■

      If we listed by name all the people who have helped make this book possible, this section would probably be longer than the book itself. But there are certain people who went far beyond the call of duty, and we would like to give a special note of thanks here.

      First of all, we need to thank the kind people at the Charles E. Tuttle Company who worked with us to publish the book, especially Sally Schwager. A special thanks also to our agent, Henry Marini, without whom this book would never have found a home. Two people, Satsuki Tsubota and Yuriko Tanaka, spent an inordinant amount of time tracking down information for us and correcting our drafts.

      The most difficult section for us to write was on the differences between the Osaka dialect and those of other regions in Kansai. Much of this information was provided by Ryusuke Kitamura, Hiroaki Kitano, and Hide Takahashi. Additional information about the Hanshin Tigers was provided by Shinya Fujimoto, whose e-mail handle is "Takoyaki Master."

      Other people who spent a considerable amount of time helping out with questions and editorial suggestions include Mr. and Mrs.