Kumamoto Language-Dialect Dictionary (definitions and meanings)

いん【犬】

(Noun) Dog, lupus, canis

いお【魚】

(Noun) Fish

や

(Particle) Used to indication a question or to add emphasis

あど

(Noun) Heel

あぎ【顎・頤・腭】

(Noun) Chin, lower jaw

あご

(Noun) Mouth; way of speaking

あぐ

(Noun) Mouth; way of speaking

あた【貴方】

(Pronoun) You, yourself

ばい

(Particle) Adds emphasis to an utterance

ぶん

(Noun) Buttocks, butt, ass, arse

いび【指】

(Noun) Finger, toe, digit

いげ

(Noun) Rose; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

じん

(Pronoun) You, yourself

じゅん

(Pronoun) You, yourself

けん

(Conjunction) Because, therefore, so

まい【眉】

(Noun) Eyebrow, eyebrows

んま【馬】

(Noun) Horse

さお

(Noun) Penis

～たい

(Suffix) Adds emphasis

とん【鳥】

(Noun) Bird, fowl, chicken

つ

(Noun) Scab

べろ

(Noun) Tongue

びき【蛙・蟆・蟇・蟾】

(Noun) Frog

だご【団子】

(Noun) Dango, sweet dumpling

だる【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

えーと【灸】

(Noun) Moxibustion

ふと【人】

(Noun) Person, people

がめ【亀】

(Noun) Turtle, tortoise

がね【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

ぐす

(Noun) Buttocks, butt, ass, arse

へき

(Noun) Back, one's back

へま

(Noun) Blunder, slip up, mistake, error

ひな・ヒナ

(Noun) Clitoris

ほや

(Noun) Light bulb

ひゃあ・ひゃー【蝿・蠅】

(Noun) Fly, flies

じだ【地だ】

(Noun) Ground

じご

(Noun) Buttocks, butt, ass, arse

じご

(Noun) Internal organs, intestines, guts

じじ

(Noun) Fish

こぶ【蜘蛛】

(Noun) Spider

くど

(Noun) Traditional cook stove

めご

(Noun) Bamboo basket

みな【蜷・蝸螺】

(Noun) Snail

なば【茸】

(Noun) Mushroom

のき

(Noun) Tree

さす

(Verb) To bloom, to flower, to blossom

せく【急く】

(Verb) To hurry, to hasten, to rush

しゃん

(Suffix) Mr, Ms, Mrs, Miss

すば【唇】

(Noun) Lips

すだ【羊歯】

(Noun) Fern

てあい【手相】

(Noun) Colleague, partner, companion

てぼ

(Noun) Bamboo handbasket, bamboo basket

とも【塘】

(Noun) Bank, embankment, levee

つい【露】

(Noun) Dew

やね

(Noun) Web, spider web

よか【良か】

(Ka-Adjective) Good, nice, alright, sufficient

よま

(Noun) String, cord, thread

あまめ・アマメ

(Noun) Cockroach; wharf roach

あせぼ【汗疹・汗疣】

(Noun) Heat rash, sweat rash, prickly heat, miliaria

あたじゃ

(Adverb) Suddenly, immediately, right away

ばんこ・バンコ

(Noun) Bench

べーろ

(Noun) Tongue

びんた

(Noun) Cheeks; head, face

だけん

(Conjunction) So, therefore, that is why, because

どんく

(Noun) Frog

どし【同士】

(Noun) Friend, companion

ごちゃ【五体】

(Noun) Body

はんず【半挿】

(Noun) Water jug

へんぼ

(Noun) Dragonfly

へんぶ

(Noun) Dragonfly

ひんね【昼寝】

(Noun) Afternoon nap

ひおる

(Verb) To warp, to become warped

ほちょ【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

いでる【茹でる】

(Verb) To boil

いがわ

(Noun) Water well

いごく【動く】

(Intransitive Verb) To move; to operate, to run, to work; to be moved, to be affected, to be shaken; to shift, to alternate, to fluctuate, to about-face

いみる

(Verb) To increase

いずる【茹ずる】

(Verb) To boil

かんげ【髪毛】

(Noun) Hair

からう

(Verb) To carry on one's back, to carry on one's shoulders; To bear a burden, to bear responsibility

こしゅ【胡椒】

(Noun) Pepper

こうろ【古老・故老】

(Noun) Elderly people, seniors, old people, old folks

こゆい【濃ゆい】

(I-Adjective) Strong (flavour, odour); dark, deep (colour); dense, thick

まいげ【眉毛】

(Noun) Eyebrow, eyebrows

なんば【何ば】

(Noun, pronoun) What

なおす

(Verb) To clean up, to tidy up; to repair, to fix

にいの【荷縄】

(Noun) Rope or cord used for tying packages or securing loads

のさん

(Adjective) No way, not a chance; unbearable, intolerable

ぬくい【温い】

(I-Adjective) Hot (weather)

おがめ

(Noun) Praying mantis

おごる【怒る・瞋る】

(Verb) To get mad, to get angry

おかべ

(Noun) Tofu

おくじ【御髪】

(Noun) Hair

おらす【居らす】

(Verb) To be, to exist

おとて【一昨日】

(Adverb) Two days ago, the day before yesterday

せんぼ

(Noun) Dragonfly

せんぶ

(Noun) Dragonfly

しぇく【急く】

(Verb) To hurry, to hasten, to rush

そうよ

(Noun, Adverb) All, whole, entire, everything

てろん

(Suffix) Such as, like, such things as; among other things, et cetera (etc.)

つば【唇】

(Noun) Lips

うまか【旨か・美味か・甘か・巧か】

(Ka-Adjective) Delicious, tasty, good, delectable

よこい【憩い・憩】

(Noun) Rest, break

よくぃ【憩】

(Noun) Rest, break

よーべ【昨夜・夕べ】

(Noun, adverb) Last night, yesterday evening

ようと

(Adverb) Completely, thoroughly

ばんばん・バンバン

(Noun) Ghost, spirit, apparition

ばってん

(Conjunction) But, however

ちゅうの【手斧】

(Noun) Hatchet

だくま・ダクマ

(Noun) Freshwater shrimp, freshwater prawn

だるか【怠か・懈か】

(Ka-Adjective) Sluggish

どぐら

(Noun) Slug; Beach conger eel (Conger japonicus)

どぐら・ドグラ

(Noun) Dark sleeper (Odontobutis obscura)

えくらい

(Noun) Drunkard

えくれー

(Noun) Drunkard

がめる

(Verb) To steal

がんがん

(Noun) Empty can

ぐぜる

(Verb) To fuss, to be fussy, to get fussy, to make a fuss, to whine

はわく

(Verb) To sweep, to brush

へびる

(Verb) To be scared, to be frightened, to be nervous

へぐろ【竈黒・灰黒】

(Noun) Soot, black residue

ひやか【冷か・冷やか】

(Ka-Adjective) Cold, cool

ほちょう【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

ほかす

(Verb) To drill a hole, to make a hole

ほめく

(Verb) To be humid, to be sultry

いっどき【一時】

(Adverb) Simultaneously, at the same time

いっとき

(Noun, Adverb) A moment, a little bit

かごむ【屈む】

(Verb) To stoop, to bend down, to lean over; to crouch, to squat

かまや

(Noun) Kitchen

かみげ【髪毛】

(Noun) Hair

かたぐ【担ぐ・肩ぐ】

(Verb) To carry on one's shoulders, to carry, to shoulder

かわや【厠】

(Noun) Toilet, bathroom, lavatory, privy

かざむ

(Verb) To smell, to sniff, to detect

かずむ

(Verb) To smell, to sniff, to detect

きばる【気張る】

(Verb) To do one's best, to stick with it, to not give up

きやす【消す】

(Verb) To extinguish; to erase, to efface

こいび【小指・子指】

(Noun) Little finger, pinky finger

めめじょ・メメジョ

(Noun) Vagina, pussy

みみご【耳垢】

(Noun) Earwax

みぞか

(Ka-Adjective) Cute, pretty, lovely, adorable, darling, precious

もぞか

(Ka-Adjective) Cute, pretty, lovely, adorable, darling, precious

ねまる

(Verb) To spoil, to go bad, to rot

ねずむ・ねづむ

(Verb) To pinch

のどこ

(Noun) Seedbed, seedling bed

ぬすど【盗人】

(Noun) Thief

おごさん

(Noun) Daughter; young lady

さるく

(Verb) To walk about, to wander

せせり

(Noun) Gnat, midge, mosquito

せせる

(Verb) To touch, to fiddle with, to tamper with

しゃーら

(Noun) Scrubbing brush

しぇーら

(Noun) Thorn, splinter

そぎる【殺ぎる・削ぎる】

(Verb) To sharpen

たーつ【二つ】

(Number) Two

たみな【田蜷】

(Noun) Pond snail

たとむ【畳む】

(Verb) To fold, to fold up; to shut, to shut down, to close up

てんこう【手ん甲】

(Noun) Back of the hand

うんべた【海べた】

(Noun) Shore, beach, coast

うっしゃあ・うっしゃー【煩しゃー】

(I-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

よがむ【歪む】

(Verb) To be bent, to be twisted, to be distorted

よごる【歪る】

(Verb) To be bent, to be twisted, to be distorted

よめご【嫁ご・嫁御】

(Noun) Wife

よさり【夜さり・夜去り・夜去】

(Noun) Evening, night

ゆだれ【涎】

(Noun) Drool

あどぼす

(Noun) Heel

あにきじょ【兄貴じょ】

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

あとぜき

(Noun) Close the door behind you

びきたん

(Noun) Frog

ぼうぶら・ボウブラ【南瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

ちぇのく【手の甲】

(Noun) Back of the hand

どんばら【どん腹】

(Noun) Pregnant woman

どとし

(Noun) Termite

えくりゃー

(Noun) Drunkard

ふちょり【一人・１人・独い】

(Noun) Alone, lone; one person

はぎし

(Noun) Gums

はざぐい

(Noun) Snack, snacking

へんびゅう

(Noun) Dragonfly

ひょがむ

(Verb) To be bent, to be twisted, to be distorted

じごんす

(Noun) Anus

かみんげ【髪ん毛】

(Noun) Hair

こもち【子持ち・子持】

(Noun) Pregnant woman

まばいか

(Ka-Adjective) Dazzling, beaming

みみんは【耳んは】

(Noun) Earlobe

みもち【身持ち・身持】

(Noun) Pregnant woman

もっこす

(Noun) Stubborn person

ならね

(Expression) See you later, bye bye

ぬすっと【盗人】

(Noun) Thief

らいしん【来新】

(Noun, adverb) Next year

りゅうし【漁師】

(Noun) Fisherman

しぇぼね【背骨】

(Noun) Spine

しきる

(Verb) To be able to do

しらめ【虱・蝨】

(Noun) Louse, lice, sucking louse, sucking lice; parasite

しょなむ【嫉む・妬む】

(Verb) To envy, to be jealous

しょのむ【嫉む・妬む】

(Verb) To envy, to be jealous

すくねー【少ねー】

(I-Adjective) Scarce, few, little, sparse, seldom

たかんぽ【竹んぽ】

(Noun) Bamboo tube, bamboo stick

たんびに

(Adverb) Over and over, again, often

たんなか

(Noun) Paddy, paddy field; rice paddy, rice field

たんぬる【尋ぬる・訊ぬる】

(Verb) To ask, to inquire

てんひら【掌・手んひら・手ん平】

(Noun) Palm of the hand

ぞうわた【ぞう腸・臓腸】

(Noun) Internal organs, intestines, guts

あたまんけ【頭ん毛】

(Noun) Hair

びっしゃる

(Verb) To squash, to crush

ちょちょけ

(Noun) Butterfly

だりやみ【疲り止み】

(Noun) Evening drink

がまだす

(Verb) To do one's best

がらかぶ

(Noun) False kelpfish (Sebastiscus marmoratus)

ぎりぎす

(Noun) Hair whorl

はなじゅる

(Noun) Nasal mucus, snot, runny nose

はらかく

(Verb) To get mad, to get angry

へんこつ【偏屈】

(Noun, Na-Adjective) Eccentric, eccentricity; eccentric person, oddball

へゆたれ

(Noun) Coward, wimp

ひだるか【饑か】

(Ka-Adjective) Hungry

いげぼたん

(Noun) Rose; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

いげぶたん

(Noun) Rose; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

いげんどろ

(Noun) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

かかじる

(Verb) To scratch

かたはぜ・カタハゼ

(Noun) Mudskipper (spp. Periophthalmus)

かずゆる 【数ゆる】

(Verb) To count

こるまめ【こる豆】

(Noun) Dried natto, dried fermented soybeans

まるさじ【丸匙・円匙】

(Noun) Spoon

みあかし【御明かし・御灯・御灯明】

(Noun) Light offered up to a religious deity

みみなば【耳なば】

(Noun) Cloud ear fungus (Auricularia cornea); Jelly ear fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)

みみたぼ【耳朶・耳たぼ】

(Noun) Earlobe

むこすね

(Noun) Lower leg, shin

むこずね

(Noun) Lower leg, shin

むすこね

(Noun) Lower leg, shin

むぞがる

(Verb) To love, to adore, to be fond of

なかいび【中指】

(Noun) Middle finger

なんぎゃる

(Verb) To throw out, to toss

にがごり【苦瓜】

(Noun) Bitter melon, bitter gourd, goya (Momordica charantia)

のどぼず【喉ぼず】

(Noun) Adam's apple

おひめさん

(Noun) Stye

おろろんこ

(Noun) Tadpole

おしごみ【押しごみ】

(Noun) Closet

しぇしぇり

(Noun) Gnat, midge, mosquito

しょんなか

(Expression) It can't be helped; So be it; C'est la vie; It's inevitable

すくなか【少なか】

(Ka-Adjective) Scarce, few, little, sparse, seldom

すくにゃー【少にゃー】

(I-Adjective) Scarce, few, little, sparse, seldom

すためる

(Verb) To strain, to drain

すたむる

(Verb) To strain, to drain

たんこつ【痰こつ】

(Noun) Phlegm

てのはら【手の腹】

(Noun) Palm of the hand

とかぎり

(Noun) Lizard

つむし【旋毛】

(Noun) Hair whorl

うしてる

(Verb) To throw (away, aside), to discard, to toss (away, aside)

うぇーする・ゑーする

(Verb) To vomit, to throw up; to feel nauseous, to feel sick

やぼくら【薮くら・藪くら】

(Noun) Bush, thicket

やっごいば

(Noun) Crematory, crematorium

ぜんもち【銭持ち】

(Noun) Rich person, rich people, the rich

ずぐらめ

(Noun) Snail

あちゃこし

(Adverb) Conversely, in contrast, on the contrary

あしんうら【足の裏】

(Noun) Sole of the foot

あしんはら【足ん原】

(Noun) Sole of the foot

べにさし【紅差し】

(Noun) Ring finger

ぐらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Pitiful, pitiable, pathetic

はなしる【鼻汁】

(Noun) Nasal mucus, snot, runny nose

はんどがめ【半挿瓶・半挿がめ】

(Noun) Water jug

はんずがめ【半挿瓶・半挿がめ】

(Noun) Water jug

ひらくち【広口】

(Noun) Pit viper

ほんなこて【本なこて】

(Noun) Really, truly

ほときさん【仏様】

(Noun) Buddha, Buddha statue

こがしこ

(Noun, adverb) To this extent, to this degree, only this much

くちなわ【蛇】

(Noun) Snake, serpent

むつごろ・ムツゴロ

(Noun) Mudskipper (spp. Periophthalmus)

さしより

(Adverb) First, first of all

しかぶる

(Noun) To wet oneself

しりべた

(Noun) Buttocks, butt, ass, arse

しりびた

(Noun) Buttocks, butt, ass, arse

すんまっせん【済んまっせん】

(Expression) Sorry, excuse me

すっぽんぽん

(Noun) Naked, nude, bare naked, stark naked, completely naked

たちわぎ

(Noun) Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)

たちわけ

(Noun) Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)

たちわき

(Noun) Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)

てのうら【手のうら】

(Noun) Palm of the hand

つくざす

(Verb) To break

ううばんぎゃあ・うーばんぎゃー

(Noun) Rough, general, broad

やまつき【山つき】

(Noun) Mountain-side

えちくりゃー

(Noun) Drunkard

ぎりぎりす

(Noun) Hair whorl

はなあたま【鼻頭】

(Noun) Nose

ほんなこつ【本な事・本なこつ】

(Noun) Really, truly

こぎゃしこ

(Noun, adverb) To this extent, to this degree, only this much

みみのは【耳のは】

(Noun) Earlobe

ももたぶら【腿たぶら・股たぶら】

(Noun) Thigh

おもしろか

(Ka-Adjective) Interesting, amusing, strange, funny

おり・おる【俺】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

せからしい

(I-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

てんこぶし【手ん拳】

(Noun) Fist

あさしごつ 【朝仕事】

(Noun) Morning work, morning job

はながしら【鼻頭】

(Noun) Nose

かたつぶり【蝸牛】

(Noun) Snail

むぞらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Cute, pretty, lovely, adorable, darling, precious

せからしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

しなぶれる【萎ぶれる】

(Verb) To wilt, to wither, to shrivel

てのおもて【手の表】

(Noun) Back of the hand

やぐらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

やじぇらしか

(I-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

やじらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

やぜらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

よのよして

(Adverb) All night long, all night

あしのはら【足の原】

(Noun) Sole of the foot

いげどろぼたん

(Noun) Rose; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora)

まんなかゆび【真ん中指】

(Noun) Middle finger

しからしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

つるしがき【吊し柿・吊るし柿・吊柿】

(Noun) Hang-dried persimmons

ごうら・ごら

(Noun) Head

うんにゃ・んにゃ

(Interjection) No, nay

やじぇくらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

やぜくらしか

(Ka-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, unbearable, importunate

ぼーじょ・ぼうじょ

(Noun) Fish

ちょうちんざくら【提灯桜・提燈桜】

(Noun) Multi-layered cherry blossom tree

えちゃっ・エチャッ

(Interjection) Eep!, argh!, aaack!

いつもかつも

(Adverb) All the time, always, constantly, usually

おっちょ

(Noun) Male animal

いっちょん

(Adverb) Not at all

めっちょ

(Noun) Female animal

すつっ【捨つっ】

(Verb) To throw (away, aside), to discard, to toss (away, aside)

のうなる・のーなる

(Verb) To disappear

うしてっ

(Verb) To throw (away, aside), to discard, to toss (away, aside)

やっちろ【八代】

(Name) Yatsushiro

いじんまめ【異人豆】

(Noun) Peanut, groundnut

どんかっちょ・ドンカッチョ

(Noun) Dark sleeper (Odontobutis obscura)

どんくゎっちょ・どんくぁっちょ

(Noun) Dark sleeper (Odontobutis obscura)

はなかぶら【鼻蕪】

(Noun) Nose