JLPT N2 · Noun

方言 (hougen)

方言 (ほうげん, hougen) is a Japanese noun meaning “dialect; provincialism”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ほうげん
Romaji: hougen
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

dialect; provincialism · noun

Example sentences

いわゆる「標準英語」とは世界中で話されている数多い方言のうちの１つにすぎない。

What we call 'Standard English' is only one of the many dialects spoken all over the world.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 方言

方

direction, person, alternativeホウ・かた・-かた · 4 strokes

言

say, wordゲン・ゴン・い.う・こと · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 方言.

方かたdirection夕方ゆうがたearly evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm)仕方しかたway両方りょうほうboth方ほうdirection一方いっぽうone (esp. of two)方々かたがたpeople味方みかたfriend地方ちほうdistrict方向ほうこうdirection方法ほうほうmethod方々ほうぼうhere and there方角ほうがくdirection方針ほうしんpolicy

Source: JMdict entry 1516980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.