You've got to check out this super interesting channel!
There is a YouTube channel I really want people living in or from Niigata to see ⇩⇩⇩
This is a YouTube channel that introduces Niigata gourmet food and sightseeing.
Among the videos uploaded, there are some that introduce Niigata dialect and relatable Niigata moments in a funny way, and they are so native(?) and hilarious.
Both of us at Itsuki-ya, a married couple from Niigata, find them spot on (lol).
Recreating the morning routine of Niigata residents... ⇩
Having a pointless argument over whether pickled radish is called 'kokko' or 'ko-ko'... ⇩
'Did you bring your 'koumori'?' (Did you bring your umbrella?)
'Iranete' (I don't need it)
'Endekundasuke, tagaite ikete' (Since you're walking, take it with you)
They have these kinds of flowing exchanges... ⇩
Anyway.
For Niigata residents,
Exactly!
So true!
They pick up on these things so well, it's really funny.
I suspect that for people outside of Niigata, the Niigata dialect exchanges are at a level where you can only understand them because of the subtitles (lol).
It's a bit too deep, so I feel like it's a YouTube channel that Niigata residents will enjoy more than people from other prefectures (lol).
Itsuki grew up in a nuclear family without the experience of living with grandparents, and the area I grew up in didn't have a very strong accent, so I shouldn't have much of an accent myself...
(I once received confirmation from a living embodiment of standard Japanese, someone born and raised in Tokyo, that I don't have an accent, so I'm sticking with that... lol)
But when I went to my grandparents' house, thick Niigata dialect was flying everywhere, and because of my love for my hometown, I have an attachment to the Niigata dialect, so my favorite LINE stickers are Niigata dialect stickers featuring Poppo-yaki and Sasa-dango ⇩
Since I habitually enjoy and overuse catchy Niigata dialect...
Perhaps thanks to that, I feel like I can somehow understand the meaning of most Niigata dialect.
However, Niigata Prefecture is long vertically and even has remote islands.
It is said that there are four major types of dialects: Joetsu, Chuetsu, Kaetsu, and Sado regions, so...
If you were thrown into the middle of native grandpas and grandmas in each area...
You might find yourself realizing just how deep Niigata really is.
The Niigata dialect has a unique sound, and it's charming and interesting~⇩
Since we're at it, let me introduce a few famous 'Niigata local commonalities' besides the dialect...
✅ We call 'imitation paper' (butcher paper), used for posting things at school, 'Taiyoshi' (large paper). ✅ We call 'driving school'
'Shagaku'. ✅ We call the 'staff room'
'Kyomushitsu' (academic affairs room). ✅ Being 'called on by a teacher' in class is called 'being hung by the teacher'.
✅ If someone says 'Minowa, Minowa,' you end up saying 'Houseki Minowa!' Even if you don't say it, it pops into your head. ✅ In winter, there are train lines where passengers manually open and close the doors (by hand or button).
And so on, there are many things.
Even I, Itsuki, still go about my daily life and 'What! Was this only in Niigata!?' and am often surprised enough to fall over (lol).
By the way, my favorite Niigata dialect word is 'Harakucche'. Can you guess what it means just by the sound?
What kind of wonderful dialects or 'local commonalities' do you have in the places where you live?
This time, it was a story about 'wanting to support Niigata YouTubers'!
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