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color: black; background-color: yellowgreen;">Tokyo dialect</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Native to</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Region</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dky%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōkyō">Tōkyō</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">Language family</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Japonic_languages" title="Japonic languages">Japonic</a> <ul style="line-height:100%; margin-left:1.35em;padding-left:0"><li> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Japanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Japanese">Eastern Japanese</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Kantō dialect">Kantō</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li>Western<ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><b>Tokyo dialect</b></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: black; background-color: yellowgreen;">Language codes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ISO_639-3" title="ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">–</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Glottolog" title="Glottolog">Glottolog</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/toky1238">toky1238</a></code></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/IETF_language_tag" title="IETF language tag">IETF</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code>ja-u-sd-jp13</code></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p>The <b>Tokyo dialect</b> (<span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Tōkyō hōgen, Tōkyō-ben, Tōkyō-go</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">東京方言, 東京弁, 東京語</span></span>)</span>) is a variety of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese language</a> spoken in modern <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>. As a whole, it is generally considered to be <a href="/wiki/Standard_Japanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard Japanese">Standard Japanese</a>, though specific aspects of slang or pronunciation can vary by area and social class. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif/300px-Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif" decoding="async" width="300" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif/450px-Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif/600px-Yamanote_Shitamachi.gif 2x" data-file-width="963" data-file-height="670" /></a><figcaption>Yamanote (red) and Shitamachi (blue)</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Yamanote_and_Shitamachi#speech" title="Yamanote and Shitamachi">Yamanote and Shitamachi § speech</a></div> <p>Traditional dialects in central Tokyo are generally classified in two groups: <b>Yamanote dialect</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">山の手言葉</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yamanote kotoba</i></span>)</span> and <b>Shitamachi dialect</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">下町言葉</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shitamachi kotoba</i></span>)</span>. The Yamanote dialect is characteristic of the old upper class from the Yamanote area. Since <a href="/wiki/Meiji_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji period">Meiji period</a>, Standard Japanese has been based on the Yamanote dialect. The Shitamachi dialect is a working-class dialect, and it preserves features of <a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a> <a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%8Dnin" title="Chōnin">Chōnin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edokko" title="Edokko">Edokko</a>) <a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_Japanese" title="Early Modern Japanese">speech</a>, so also called <b>Edo dialect</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">江戸言葉, 江戸弁</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Edo kotoba, Edo-ben</i></span>)</span>. Tokyo-style <a href="/wiki/Rakugo" title="Rakugo">rakugo</a> is typically played in the Shitamachi dialect. </p><p>Tokyo dialect dates back to <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a>'s establishment of Edo. Large groups of people, speaking a range of dialects migrated across the country. The <a href="/wiki/Kansai_dialect" title="Kansai dialect">Kyoto dialect</a> was the <a href="/wiki/Prestige_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Prestige language">prestige language</a> of the time and strongly influenced the Edo dialect in the early <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a>; the dialect grew inside the largest city in Japan and became the new prestige language in the late Edo period. Because of its unique history, especially in relation to the Kyoto dialect, Tokyo is a <a href="/wiki/Language_island" title="Language island">language island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō region</a>. For example, traditional Kanto dialects have been characterized by the use of volitional and presumptive suffix -<i>be</i>, which is rarely used in Tokyo. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Phonology">Phonology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Phonology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Early_Modern_Japanese#Phonology" title="Early Modern Japanese">Early Modern Japanese § Phonology</a></div> <p>The Shitamachi dialect is primarily known for its lack of distinction between some phonemes that are distinct in Standard Japanese. Most famously, it neutralizes <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[çi]</span> and <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɕi]</span> so <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shiohigari</i></span> ("shellfish gathering") becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shioshigari</i></span>, and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shichi</i></span> ("seven") becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">hichi</i></span>. Also, it famously fronts <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɕu͍]</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[d͡ʑu͍]</span> to <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɕi]</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[d͡ʑi]</span> so <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku,_Tokyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinjuku, Tokyo">Shinjuku</a> becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Shinjiku</i></span>, and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shujutsu</i></span> ("operation") becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shijitsu</i></span>. </p><p>Another notable feature is the <a href="/wiki/Monophthong" title="Monophthong">monophthongization</a> of <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ai<span class="wrap"> </span>ae<span class="wrap"> </span>ie<span class="wrap"> </span>oi]</span> to <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[eː]</span> in the Shitamachi dialect. For example, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">hidoi</i></span> ("terrible") becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">shidē</i></span>, and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">taihen da</i></span> ("It's serious") becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">tēhen da</i></span>. That feature is used in Standard Japanese as informal masculine speech like <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">wakan'nē</i></span> (<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">wakaranai</i></span> "I don't know") and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sugē</i></span> (<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sugoi</i></span> "great"). </p><p>In addition, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/r/</span> is pronounced as a <a href="/wiki/Trill_consonant" title="Trill consonant">trill</a> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[r]</span> to convey a vulgar nuance in Shitamachi speech. In informal speech, intervocalic <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">/r/</span> is often changed to <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)">[ɴ]</span> or <a href="/wiki/Sokuon" title="Sokuon">sokuon</a> so <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">okaerinasai</i></span> becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">okaen'nasai</i></span> ("welcome back home") and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sō suru to</i></span> becomes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sō sutto</i></span> ("then, and so"). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pitch_accent">Pitch accent</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pitch accent"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A few words are pronounced different pitch accent between Yamanote and Shitamachi. The following words are typical examples: </p> <ul><li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Bandō</i></span> (another name of Kantō region): accent on <i>ba</i> in Yamanote, Accentless in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">saka</i></span> ("slope"): accent on <i>ka</i> in Yamanote, on <i>sa</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">tsugi</i></span> ("next"): accent on <i>gi</i> in Yamanote, on <i>tsu</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">sushi</i></span>: accent on <i>shi</i> in Yamanote, on <i>su</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">suna</i></span> ("sand"): accentless in Yamanote, accent on <i>na</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">asahi</i></span> ("morning sun"): accent on <i>a</i> in Yamanote, on <i>sa</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">aniki</i></span> ("big brother"): accent on <i>a</i> in Yamanote, on <i>ni</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">itsumo</i></span> ("always"): accent on <i>i</i> in Yamanote, on <i>tsu</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">hanashi</i></span> ("talk"): accentless in Yamanote, accent on <i>na</i> in Shitamachi.</li> <li><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">tamago</i></span> ("egg"): accent on <i>ma</i> in Yamanote, accentless in Shitamachi.</li> <li>accentless word -<i>sama</i> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_honorifics" title="Japanese honorifics">a honorific</a>): accent on <i>sa</i> in Yamanote, accentless in Shitamachi.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Grammar">Grammar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Grammar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of the grammatical features of the Tokyo dialect are identical to the colloquial form of Standard Japanese like the examples mentioned <a href="/wiki/Japanese_grammar#Colloquial_contractions" title="Japanese grammar">here</a>. Noticeable features of the Tokyo dialect include the frequent use of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_particles" title="Japanese particles">interjectory particle</a> <i>sa</i>, which is roughly analogous to "like" as used in <a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a> slang; <i>tsū</i> (common style) and <i>tee</i> (Shitamachi style), instead of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">to iu</i></span> ("to say" or "is called"); the frequent use of emphasis <a href="/wiki/Sentence-final_particle" title="Sentence-final particle">sentence-final particle</a> <i>dai</i> or <i>dee</i> in Shitamachi, which is famous for a typical Shitamachi verbal shot <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">teyandee!</i></span> (<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">[nani o] itte iyagaru n dai!</i></span>, "What are you talking about!?"). </p><p>Historically, Kanto dialects lacked <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Honorific_speech_in_Japanese" title="Honorific speech in Japanese">keigo</a></i></span> (honorific speech). However, because of its connection with Kyoto and the stratification of urban society, the Tokyo dialect now has a refined keigo system. The Yamanote dialect is primarily known for an extreme use of keigo and the keigo copula <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">zamasu</i></span> or <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">zāmasu</i></span>, sometimes <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">zansu</i></span>, derived from <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">gozaimasu</i></span>. The courtesy imperative mood <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">asobase</i></span> or <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">asubase</i></span> is also a well-known keigo word from the traditional Tokyo dialect. For example, "Won't you please wait for me?" translates to for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">o-machi kudasai</i></span> in standard Japanese, and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">o-machi asobase</i></span> in the traditional Tokyo dialect. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vocabulary">Vocabulary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Vocabulary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Though it also includes a few distinctive words, it is largely indistinguishable from the standard speech of Tokyo except for phonology. Famous Shitamachi words are the swear word <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">berabōme!</i></span> or <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">beranmee!</i></span> (masculine Shitamachi speech is commonly known as <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Beranmee kuchō</i></span> or "Beranmee tone"), <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">atabō</i></span> for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">atarimae</i></span> "of course", <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">mattsugu</i></span> for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">massugu</i></span> "straight" and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">choito</i></span> for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chotto</i></span> "for a moment, a bit." <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Atashi</i></span> is a first-person feminine pronoun in Standard Japanese, but in Shitamachi dialect, it is often used by both men and women. An emphasis prefix <i>o</i> is used frequently with verbs such as <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">oppajimeru</i></span> for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">hajimeru</i></span> "to start" and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">ottamageru</i></span>for <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">tamageru</i></span> "to be startled." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_Tokyo_dialect">New Tokyo dialect</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: New Tokyo dialect"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Traditional Tokyo dialects can still be seen used in fiction, but most families living in Tokyo speak Standard Japanese today. The distinction between Shitamachi and Yamanote is now almost extinct. </p><p>Historically, many people moved to Tokyo from other regions and sometimes brought their dialects into Tokyo with them. For example, <i>jan</i> (じゃん), which is a contraction of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">ja nai ka</i></span> ("isn't that right?"), comes from <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dkai%E2%80%93T%C5%8Dsan_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōkai–Tōsan dialect">Tōkai–Tōsan dialect</a> via <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Tokyo" title="Western Tokyo">Tama</a>, and <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chigakatta</i></span>, a nonstandard form of <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">chigatta</i></span> ("it was different"), comes from the <a href="/wiki/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture">Fukushima</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a> dialects.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFFumio_Inoue_(井上史雄)1998" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Fumio Inoue (井上史雄) (1998). <i>Nihongo Watching</i> (in Japanese). Tōkyō: The Iwanami Shoten (岩波書店). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-00-430540-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-00-430540-8"><bdi>978-4-00-430540-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Nihongo+Watching&rft.place=T%C5%8Dky%C5%8D&rft.pub=The+Iwanami+Shoten+%28%E5%B2%A9%E6%B3%A2%E6%9B%B8%E5%BA%97%29&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-4-00-430540-8&rft.au=Fumio+Inoue+%28%E4%BA%95%E4%B8%8A%E5%8F%B2%E9%9B%84%29&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATokyo+dialect" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokyo_dialect&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKazue_Akinaga_(秋永一枝)_etc2007" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kazue Akinaga (秋永一枝) etc (2007). Teruo Hirayama (平山輝男) etc (ed.). <i>Nihon no Kotoba series 13, Tōkyō-to no Kotoba</i> (in Japanese). 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title="Ōita dialect">Ōita</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hichiku_dialect" title="Hichiku dialect"><b>Hichiku</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chikuzen_dialect" title="Chikuzen dialect">Chikuzen</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hakata_dialect" title="Hakata dialect">Hakata</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumamoto_dialect" title="Kumamoto dialect">Kumamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_dialect" title="Nagasaki dialect">Nagasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saga_dialect" title="Saga dialect">Saga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsushima_dialect" title="Tsushima dialect">Tsushima</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_dialect" title="Kagoshima dialect"><b>Satsugū</b></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><b>Other</b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amami_Japanese" title="Amami Japanese">Amami Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawan_Japanese" title="Okinawan Japanese">Okinawan Japanese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Japanese-based_creole_languages" title="Japanese-based creole languages">Pidgins and creoles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bamboo_English" title="Bamboo English">Bamboo English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonin_English" title="Bonin English">Bonin English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_loanwords_in_Hawaii" title="Japanese loanwords in Hawaii">Hawaiian Creole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyowa-go" title="Kyowa-go">Kyowa-go</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Chinese" title="Pseudo-Chinese">Pseudo-Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yilan_Creole_Japanese" title="Yilan Creole Japanese">Yilan Creole Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_Pidgin_Japanese" title="Yokohama Pidgin Japanese">Yokohama Pidgin Japanese</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Japonic_languages" title="Japonic languages">Japonic languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Old_Japanese" title="Eastern Old Japanese">Eastern Old Japanese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hachij%C5%8D_language" title="Hachijō language">Hachijō</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hachij%C5%8D_grammar" title="Hachijō grammar">grammar</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Ryukyuan_languages" title="Ryukyuan languages">Ryukyuan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ryukyuan_languages" title="Northern Ryukyuan languages">Northern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amami_%C5%8Cshima_language" title="Amami Ōshima language">Amami Ōshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Amami_%C5%8Cshima_language" title="Southern Amami Ōshima language">Southern Amami Ōshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kikai_language" title="Kikai language">Kikai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunigami_language" title="Kunigami language">Kunigami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinawan_language" title="Okinawan language">Okinawan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okinoerabu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Okinoerabu language">Okinoerabu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokunoshima_language" title="Tokunoshima language">Tokunoshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoron_language" title="Yoron language">Yoron</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ryukyuan_languages" title="Southern Ryukyuan languages">Southern</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miyakoan_language" title="Miyakoan language">Miyako</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarama_language" title="Tarama language">Tarama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yaeyama_language" title="Yaeyama language">Yaeyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yonaguni_language" title="Yonaguni language">Yonaguni</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_writing_system" title="Japanese writing system">Writing system</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Logogram" title="Logogram">Logograms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_script_reform" title="Japanese script reform">Script reform</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanbun" title="Kanbun">Kanbun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">Kanji</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kanji_by_stroke_count" class="mw-redirect" title="List of kanji by stroke count">by stroke count</a></li></ul></li> <li>Kanji radicals <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kanji_radicals_by_frequency" title="List of kanji radicals by frequency">by frequency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kanji_radicals_by_stroke_count" title="List of kanji radicals by stroke count">by stroke count</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokuji" title="Kokuji">Kokuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryakuji" title="Ryakuji">Ryakuji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ateji" title="Ateji">Ateji</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">Kana</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiragana" title="Hiragana">Hiragana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katakana" title="Katakana">Katakana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Furigana" title="Furigana">Furigana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okurigana" title="Okurigana">Okurigana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goj%C5%ABon" title="Gojūon">Gojūon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dgana" title="Man'yōgana">Man'yōgana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hentaigana" title="Hentaigana">Hentaigana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dgana" title="Sōgana">Sōgana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kana_ligature" title="Kana ligature">Kana ligature</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Orthography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Encoding</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extended_Unix_Code" title="Extended Unix Code">EUC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extended_Unix_Code#EUC-JP" title="Extended Unix Code">EUC-JP</a></li></ul></li> <li>ISO/IEC <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ISO/IEC_2022" title="ISO/IEC 2022">2022</a></li></ul></li> <li>JIS <ul><li><a href="/wiki/JIS_X_0201" title="JIS X 0201">0201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JIS_X_0208" title="JIS X 0208">0208</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JIS_X_0211" title="JIS X 0211">0211</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JIS_X_0212" title="JIS X 0212">0212</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JIS_X_0213" title="JIS X 0213">0213</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shift_JIS" title="Shift JIS">Shift JIS</a></li></ul></li> <li>Unicode <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiragana_(Unicode_block)" title="Hiragana (Unicode block)">Hiragana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kana_Extended-A" 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