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Ryukyu Language-Dialect Dictionary (definitions and meanings)

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JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database

Results from JLect’s Japonic Languages and Dialects Database, created by Zachary Read, © JLect.com.

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Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

(Particle) Question marker

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

(Particle) Also, too, as well

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ん【御】

(Prefix) Honorific prefix

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

う【御】

(Prefix) Honorific prefix

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あー【泡・沫】

(Noun) Bubble, froth, foam

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あい【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai: Kamikatetsu)

あい【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あい

(Interjection) Hey, oh, say; oops, uh-oh, sorry

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あキ【秋】

(Noun) Fall, autumn

Ryukyu (Amami: Yuwan)

あん【彼ん】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That, that over there (thing or person unfamiliar to or away from the speaker and listener)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あん【有ん・在ん】

(Verb, auxiliary) To be, to exist, there is, to have

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あん【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu

どぅ

(Particle) Focus particle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えー

(Interjection) Hey! Oi!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふ【卯】

(Noun) The fourth of the twelve Earthly Branches; the Hare; 5am-7am; East

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

(Particle) Question marker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

(Particle) Genitive or possessive case marker

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima)

(Particle) Question particle

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

(Particle) Marks possession; marks the subject of a phrase; marks the purpose of a verb of motion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐ【御】

(Prefix) Honorific prefix

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いー・いい

(Interjection) Yes, yeah, right, indeed

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya, Okinawa)

いー【胃】

(Noun) Stomach

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinawa), Kyushu (Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Miyaza...

いん【犬】

(Noun) Dog, lupus, canis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

み【御】

(Prefix) Honorific prefix

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

(Particle) Marks possession

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

(Particle) Marks the dative case

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

(Particle) Marks possession; marks the subject of a phrase

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

(Particle) Marks possession; marks the subject of a phrase

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

おー・おお

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

おー【粟】

(Noun) Foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Ryukyu

(Particle) Focus particle

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

てぃ【子・仔・児】

(Noun suffix) Small or young child, animal

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

とぅ

(Particle) And, with

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅ

(Particle) And, with

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うい【瓜】

(Noun) Cucumber; gourd

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うい【瓜】

(Noun) Gourd, melon

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うん

(Noun) Sweet potato

Ryukyu (Amami: Yuwan)

うん【己ん】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That (thing or person close or familiar the listener)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うー・うう

(Interjection) Yes, certainly, okay

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

うー

(Noun) Wild banana, plantain

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うー【芋】

(Noun) Potato, sweet potato, taro, tuber, cassava

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うー【卯】

(Noun) The fourth of the twelve Earthly Branches; the Hare; 5am-7am; East

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

(Particle) Indicates the topic or theme of a sentence or string of thought; topic marker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

(Particle, archaic) Direct object marker

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あだ【痣・黶】

(Noun) Mole, beauty mark, beauty spot, birthmark

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あどぅ

(Noun) Heel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あどぅ

(Noun) Heel

Ryukyu (Miyako)

あどぅ

(Noun) Heel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぐ

(Noun) Friend, companion

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あぐ

(Noun) Friend, companion

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あぐ

(Noun) Friend, companion

Ryukyu (Miyako)

あぐ

(Noun) Classmate

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あは【赤】

(Noun) Red

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あじゃ【痣】

(Noun) Mole, beauty mark, beauty spot, birthmark

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あじぇ【味】

(Noun) Flavour, flavor

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あじ

(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny; elderly woman, old woman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あく【悪・惡】

(Noun, Prefix, Suffix) Evil, bad, wicked

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あく【灰汁】

(Noun) Lye

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あま

(Deictic Pronoun) Over there

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Tokunoshima)

あま

(Noun) Mom, mum, mama, mother

Ryukyu (Yoron, Kunigami: Benoki)

あみ【雨】

(Noun) Rain

Ryukyu (Miyako: Hirara)

あみ【雨】

(Noun) Rain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみ【雨】

(Noun) Rain

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あみ【雨】

(Noun) Rain

Ryukyu (Amami)

あみ【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみ【飴】

(Noun) Rice syrup, rice malt; candy, sweets

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あな【穴】

(Noun) Hole

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あに【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あに【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぬ【彼ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That, that over there (thing or person unfamiliar to or away from the speaker and listener)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あぬ【我ぬ・我】

(Noun) I, me, myself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あり【彼・彼り】

(Deictic Pronoun) That (over there); he; she; it

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あさ

(Noun) Grandfather; elderly man, old man

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あさ

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさ 【朝】

(Noun) Morning

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あと【跡】

(Noun) Mark, print, trace, track; remains, ruins

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

あとぅ【後】

(Noun, adverb) Later, after

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あとぅ【跡】

(Noun) Mark, print, trace, track; remains, ruins

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あわ【粟】

(Noun) Foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あや【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あや

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あや【綾・文】

(Noun) Stripes, pattern, design

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あゆ【鮎】

(Noun) Ayu sweetfish (Plecoglossus altivelis)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

べー

(Particle) Only, merely; about, approximately, around

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima, Okinawa)

ぶー

(Noun) Laborer, labourer, manual worker

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

だー

(Noun) Where

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

だん

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だん【蘭】

(Noun) Orchid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でー 【代】

(Noun) Price

Ryukyu (Amami)

でぃー・ディー

(Interjection) Well, hmm, well then, now

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でぃん【蓮・藕】

(Noun) Lotus plant, lotus flower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どー

(Particles) Sentence-ending particle that emphasizes a statement

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どー【蝋・蠟】

(Noun) Candle

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron, Okinawa)

どぅー

(Pronoun) Self; oneself; myself; yourself; himself; herself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅー

(Noun) Body

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

えな【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぁー【葉】

(Noun) Leaf

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふぁー【葉】

(Noun) Leaf, leaves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇー【南・南風】

(Noun) South, southern, southward

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇー【蝿・蠅】

(Noun) Fly, flies

Ryukyu (Miyako)

っふぃ【墨】

(Noun) Ink

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

っふぃ【冬】

(Noun) Winter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃー【火】

(Noun) Fire

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ふい【冬】

(Noun) Winter

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふい【声】

(Noun) Voice; news (of someone), word (of someone)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふん

(Verb) To eat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふー【頬・頰】

(Noun) Cheek, cheeks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がー【蛾】

(Noun) Moth

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がい【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Yoron)

がん【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がん【龕】

(Noun) Funerary palanquin, funerary sedan chair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はー【歯】

(Noun) Tooth, teeth

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

はー

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はー【皮】

(Noun) Skin

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はー【川・河】

(Noun) River, stream

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はい【南・南風】

(Noun) South, southern, southward

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はい【針・鍼】

(Noun) Needle, pin, thorn, prickle

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はん【骭・脛】

(Noun) Leg, foot

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Akajima)

へー・へえ【蝿・蠅】

(Noun) Fly, flies

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Kunigami: Benoki)

ひー【木】

(Noun) Tree

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ほー【川・河】

(Noun) River, stream

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

いび【海老・蝦・蛯・鰕】

(Noun) Shrimp, prawn, lobster

Ryukyu (Miyako)

いだ【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いふぁ【伊平屋】

(Name) Iheya village, Iheya island

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いーん【言ん・言ーん】

(Verb) To say

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーん【射ん・射ーん】

(Verb) To shoot (an arrow)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いじゅ【伊集】

(Noun) Needlewood (Schima wallichii subsp. liukiuensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いか【烏賊・鰞】

(Noun) Cuttlefish, squid

Ryukyu (Miyako)

いき【池】

(Noun) Pond

Ryukyu (Kunigami)

いく

(Noun) Japanese ternstroemia (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Kunigami: Sesoko, Okinawa, Yonaguni)

いみ【夢】

(Noun) Dream

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Miyara)

いに【稲】

(Noun) Rice plant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぬ

(Noun, adjective) Same, identical, alike

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

いら【刺・棘・蕁】

(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いり【西】

(Noun) West, western, westwards

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

いる【魚】

(Noun) Fish

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

いる【色】

(Noun) Color, colour

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku, Okinawa)

いさ【医者】

(Noun) Doctor, physician

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いす【磯・礒】

(Noun) Rocky beach, coast, seashore

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya, Okinawa)

いた【板】

(Noun) Board, plank

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いと【糸】

(Noun) Thread, string

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いや【矢・箭】

(Noun) Arrow

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

いゆ【魚】

(Noun) Fish

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako: Ikema, Tarama)

じゃん

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゃん【讒】

(Noun) Slander, defamation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じー 【地】

(Noun) Earth, soil

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じん【銭・金】

(Noun) Money, change, coins

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょー【象】

(Noun) Elephant

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かー

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かー

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

かー

(Particle) From

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かー【皮】

(Noun) Skin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かー【革】

(Noun) Leather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かい

(Particle) Towards, to

Ryukyu (Miyako)

かん【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かん【神】

(Noun) God, deity, spirit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けー

(Verb ending) Used after the negative form of a verb to denote prohibition

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

き【木】

(Noun) Tree

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きー【毛】

(Noun) Hair, fur, wool

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きー【木】

(Noun) Tree

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

きん

(Noun) Clothes, clothing

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くん【聞ん】

(Verb) To listen, to hear

Ryukyu (Amami: Yuwan)

くん【此ん・斯ん】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) This (thing or person near the speaker)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

くー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

くー【今日】

(Noun, Adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くー【粉】

(Noun) Flour; powder

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くー

(Noun) Cage, birdcage

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まー

(Noun) Where

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

まー【馬】

(Noun) Horse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めー【前】

(Noun) Front, in front, before; past, before, beforehand, prior; previous

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みー【目】

(Noun) Eye; sight, vision, viewpoint

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みー【実】

(Noun) Contents, substance; ingredients; fruit, nut, seed

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みー

(Noun, Prefix) New

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みん【水】

(Noun) Water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みん【耳】

(Noun) Ear

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

みト【三】

(Number) Three

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もー

(Suffix) Someone without, someone lacking, someone missing (a body part)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もー

(Noun) Field, countryside; wild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むい【森】

(Noun) Forest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むい【山・牟礼】

(Noun) Hill, mountain

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

むい【麦】

(Noun) Wheat, barley

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むん【者】

(Noun) Person, people

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

なー【名】

(Noun) Name

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なー【名】

(Noun) Name

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なー

(Adverb) Already; more, again, further

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

なー【蜷・蝸螺】

(Noun) Snail, pond snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なー【庭】

(Noun) Garden, front garden, front yard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なー【菜】

(Noun) Vegetable, greens

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ない【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ない【生い・実】

(Noun) Fruit, berries, nuts, seeds

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ない【生い】

(Noun) Fruit, berries, nuts, seeds

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ない【地震】

(Noun) Earthquake

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ない

(Particle) To, towards

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinawa)

なん

(Pronoun) You, yourself

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んば

(Noun) Lips

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んだ

(Pronoun) You, yourself

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ねー【地震】

(Noun) Earthquake

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ねー【似合】

(Noun) Suitable, befitting, well-suited, well-matched

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

んぎ

(Noun) Thorn, splinter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にー【根】

(Noun) Root, roots

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んじ

(Particle) Indicates the location or setting of an action that is remote in space or time

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んじ

(Noun) Thorn, splinter

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んき

(Particle) Indicates the location of something, someone; denotes the location or destination of an action

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

んま【馬】

(Noun) Horse

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んみ【爪】

(Noun) Nail, fingernail, toenail; claws, talons

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んな【皆】

(Noun) Everyone, everybody

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んに【胸】

(Noun) Chest, breast

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んぬ【昨日】

(Noun, adverb) Yesterday

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Ishigaki)

のー【何】

(Expression) What

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んす【味噌】

(Noun) Miso

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぬム【蚤】

(Noun) Flea

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぬん【蚤】

(Noun) Flea

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぬー

(Expression) How, in what way

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬー【何】

(Expression) What

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んぞ

(Noun) Lover, sweetheart, love

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

おーグ【扇グ・煽グ】

(Verb) To fan

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぱい【骭・脛】

(Noun) Leg, foot

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぱス【橋】

(Noun) Bridge

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぱヴ【波布・蛇】

(Noun) Snake, serpent, poisonous snake, viper, Okinawan habu

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

らん【蘭】

(Noun) Orchid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

りー【利】

(Noun) Interest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

りー【礼・禮】

(Noun) Bow (one's head), bowing; courtesy, etiquette, manners

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

りん【蓮・藕】

(Noun) Lotus plant, lotus flower

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ろー【戸・門】

(Noun) Door, gate, entrance

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ろー

(Particle) Adds emphasis or marks an assertion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ろー【蝋・蠟】

(Noun) Candle

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

るー

(Pronoun) Self; oneself; myself; yourself; himself; herself

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

さー【茶】

(Noun) Tea

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

さー【茶】

(Noun) Tea

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さー【田】

(Noun) Rice paddy; field

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さい【猿】

(Noun) Monkey

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さん

(Sa-Adjective ending) Adjective ending

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri)

すい【首里】

(Name) Shuri

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すい【鳥】

(Noun) Bird, chicken

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すん

(Verb, auxiliary) To do

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

すー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin, Okinawa)

すー

(Noun) Father, dad

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すー【今日】

(Noun, Adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たー【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

たー【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

たー【茶】

(Noun) Tea

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima)

たー【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たー【田】

(Noun) Rice paddy; field

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たい【二人・2人】

(Noun) Two people; pair; couple; both

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たん【炭】

(Noun) Charcoal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃー【手】

(Noun) Hand, arm

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

てぃー【手】

(Noun) Hand, arm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃん【天】

(Noun) Sky, heaven, welkin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とー【唐】

(Noun) China

Ryukyu (Yoron)

とー【止・止ー】

(Imperative verb) Stop!

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

っとぅ・とぅ【人】

(Noun, suffix) Person, people

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

っとぅ【人】

(Noun) Person, people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅい【鳥】

(Noun) Bird, chicken

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

とぅん

(Particle) Even

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅー【十】

(Number) Ten

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

とぅー【十】

(Number) Ten

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うでぃ【腕】

(Noun) Arm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふ【大】

(Prefix) Big, large; great; main

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うぎ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ういん【織いん】

(Verb) To weave

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ういん【売いん】

(Verb) To sell

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うじ【蛆】

(Noun) Maggot, larva

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

うみ【海】

(Noun) Sea, ocean

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみ【御御】

(Prefix) Honorific prefix

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うぬ【己ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That (thing or person close or familiar the listener)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぬ【己ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That (thing or person close or familiar the listener)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うぬ【己ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) That (thing or person close or familiar the listener)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うぬ【斧】

(Noun) Axe, ax, hatchet

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うぷ

(Noun) Grandfather, grandpa, grandad

Ryukyu (Amami, Yoron, Kunigami)

うら【己】

(Pronoun) You

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うら【裏】

(Noun) Reverse side, opposite side, back, rear, behind, bottom, underside; opposite, reverse, contrary; toilet, bathroom, lavatory, restroom

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うり

(Deictic Pronoun) That; it; he

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うろ

(Pronoun) You

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うる

(Noun) Coral, coral reef

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うる

(Noun) Sand; gravel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うた【歌・唄・詩】

(Noun) Song, poetry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うとぅ【音】

(Noun) Sound, noise; rumor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うや【親・祖】

(Noun) Parent, parents

Ryukyu (Amami)

うや【親】

(Noun) Parent, parents

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

わー

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わん【我ん】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅん【居ん】

(Verb) To be, there is, to exist, to stay; to be doing

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

をぅー【麻・苧】

(Noun) Hemp; flax

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅー【麻・苧】

(Noun) Hemp; flax; fiber, fabric, textile; Ryukyu fiber banana (Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

やー【家】

(Noun) House, home

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やー

(Particle) Indicates emphasis

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

やー・ヤー

(Particle) Indicates emphasis

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

や-

(Particle) Adds emphasis, solicits agreement or requests confirmation

Ryukyu (Miyako)

やふ【厄】

(Noun) Misfortune, bad luck, ill luck, mishap

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やい【槍・鎗・鑓】

(Noun) Spear, lance; javelin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やん

(Verb) To be; copula

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

やト【八】

(Number) Eight

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya, Okinawa)

いぃー【藺】

(Noun) Rush (plant); common rush (Juncus effusus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃー・ゆぃー・ゐー【椅】

(Noun) Chair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃー・ゆぃー・ゐー【絵】

(Noun) Picture, image, drawing, painting

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃー・ゆぃー・ゐー【良・良い】

(Prefix) Good, fine, nice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃー・ゆぃー・ゐー【亥】

(Noun) Pig (Chinese zodiac)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆい【百合】

(Noun) Lily

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ゆト【四】

(Number) Four

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆー【世】

(Noun) Era, period, age, rule; world, society

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆー【良】

(Adverb) Well; often

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆー【湯】

(Noun) Hot water

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako: Hisamatsu, Yaeyama)

ざん

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

あーふぁ【祖母】

(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

あーま

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーさ【石蓴】

(Noun) Sea lettuce

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

あーや

(Noun) Father, dad

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あちゃ

(Noun) Father, dad

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あちゃ

(Noun) Father, dad

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あちゃ【明日】

(Noun, adverb) Tomorrow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あち【秋】

(Noun) Fall, autumn

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あち【飽ち】

(Noun) Weariness, boredom, boring, tiring

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あぐゎ・あぐぁ【泡・沫】

(Noun) Bubble, froth, foam

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あいでぃ【合図・相図】

(Noun) Signal, sign

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あっか

(Interjection) Ouch!, Ow!

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あくビ【欠伸】

(Noun) Yawn, yawning

Ryukyu (Miyako)

あまん

(Noun) Hermit crab

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

あまん

(Noun) Hermit crab; spider

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あめィ【飴】

(Noun) Rice syrup, rice malt; candy, sweets

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

あみー【雨】

(Noun) Rain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだ【油】

(Noun) Oil

Ryukyu (Miyako: Hirara)

あんが【姉】

(Noun) Older sister

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

あんま

(Noun) Mom, mum, mama, mother

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あぬん【我ぬん・我ん】

(Noun) I also, me too

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

あっぱ

(Noun) Mother, mom

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あし【汗】

(Noun) Sweat, perspiration

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あし 【足】

(Noun) Leg, foot

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あせィ【汗】

(Noun) Sweat, perspiration

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あたー【明日】

(Noun, Adverb) Tomorrow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あたい

(Particle) About, approximately

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あとー【後】

(Noun, Adverb) Later, after

Ryukyu (Miyako)

あっゔぁ【油】

(Noun) Oil

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

あざん【薊】

(Noun) Thistle

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ばば・ババ

(Noun) Brassy chub (Kyphosus vaigiensis)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ばだ【腸】

(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ばぎ

(Noun) Bamboo basket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばぐ【馬具】

(Noun) Saddlery

Ryukyu (Yaeyama, Miyako, Tarama-Minna)

ばた【腸】

(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen

North (Iwate, Miyagi), Chubu (Aichi, Gifu), Kyushu (Fukuoka,...

びき【蛙・蟆・蟇・蟾】

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Amami)

びる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びや【琵琶】

(Noun) Biwa, Short-necked fretted lute

Ryukyu (Amami)

ぶく

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぶぬ【斧】

(Noun) Axe, ax, hatchet

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yonaguni)

ぶら【法螺・吹螺・梭尾】

(Noun) Conch shell, trumpet shell; Triton's trumpet, giant trumpet (Charonia tritonis)

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ぶら

(Noun) Bubble, froth, foam

Ryukyu (Amami)

ぶる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃー

(Adverb) Always, constantly

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ちゃー

(Adverb) Always, constantly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃー【如何】

(Adverb) How, what, in what way, in what manner

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃー【茶】

(Noun) Tea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちー【血】

(Noun) Blood

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちー【乳】

(Noun) Milk; breast

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちん【金武】

(Name) Kin, Town of Kin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちん【県・縣】

(Noun) Prefecture

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちん【衣】

(Noun) Clothes, clothing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちん

(Noun) Okinawa seabream (Acanthopagrus sivicolus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅい【一人・独い】

(Noun) Alone, lone; one person

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri-Naha)

ちゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だぐ【厄】

(Noun) Misfortune, bad luck, ill luck, mishap

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だき【竹】

(Noun) Bamboo

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だま【山】

(Noun) Mountain, mount

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だや

(Noun) Cliff

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

でぃる

(Pronoun) Which, which one

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅび【昨夜・夕び】

(Noun, adverb) Last night, yesterday evening

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅだ【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅが【床】

(Noun) Bed, bedding

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅみ【嫁】

(Noun) Wife, bride

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅる【夜】

(Noun) Night, nighttime

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅる【泥】

(Noun) Mud

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅてぃ【雪】

(Noun) Hail

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅや【牢屋】

(Noun) Jail, prison

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

えーだ【間】

(Noun) Between; while, during

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーじゃ【間】

(Noun) Between; while, during

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーじ【合図・相図】

(Noun) Signal, sign

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

えーり【合図・相図】

(Noun) Signal, sign

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーてぃ【相手】

(Noun) Companion, partner, addressee, customer, opponent, rival

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

ふぁま【浜】

(Noun) Beach

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Okinawa: Tancha)

ふぁな【花】

(Noun) Flower

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko, Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぁる【畑・畠】

(Noun) Field, farmland, land, plot

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぁとぅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーん【放ん】

(Verb) To fart, to break wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーん【干ん】

(Verb) To dry, to dry up; to recede, to lower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーん【減ん】

(Verb) To decrease, to reduce

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじ 【髭】

(Noun) Mustache, beard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃら

(Noun) Hill, mound, slope

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふぃる【蒜・葫】

(Noun) Garlic

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぃる【昼】

(Noun) Noon, midday, lunch, lunchtime

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃる【蒜・葫】

(Noun) Garlic

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃる【昼】

(Noun) Noon, midday, lunch, lunchtime

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃさ

(Noun) Foot, paw

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Kunigami: Takazato)

ふぃとぅ【海豚】

(Noun) Dolphin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふでぃ【筆】

(Noun) Writing brush, ink brush

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふどぅ【去年】

(Adverb, noun) Last year

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron)

ふが

(Noun) Eggs, egg

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ふぎ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふぎ

(Noun) Pubic hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふいん【降いん】

(Intransitive Verb) To precipitate, to fall (rain, hail, etc.)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふいん【掘いん】

(Verb) To dig, to excavate

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ふじゃ【叔父・伯父】

(Noun) Uncle

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふじゅ【去年】

(Adverb, noun) Last year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふか【外・他】

(Noun) Outside, out, exterior; elsewhere; else, other

Ryukyu (Yoron, Kunigami: Benoki)

ふま【此間】

(Deictic Pronoun) Here

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふま【此間】

(Deictic Pronoun) Here

Ryukyu (Yoron, Kunigami: Benoki)

ふみ【米】

(Noun) Rice

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふみ【米】

(Noun) Rice

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ふに【骨】

(Noun) Bone

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふに 【船】

(Noun) Ship, boat

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぬ【此ぬ・斯ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) This (thing or person near the speaker)

Ryukyu (Yoron, Kunigami: Benoki)

ふり【之・是り・此り】

(Deictic Pronoun) This, here

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふる

(Noun) Latrine, lavatory, toilet, washroom, bathroom; pig toilet, pigsty latrine

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ふさ【草】

(Noun) Grass, weed

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふす

(Noun) Navel, belly button

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふす

(Noun) Navel, belly button

Ryukyu (Amami)

ふとぅ【海豚】

(Noun) Dolphin

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ふゆ【冬】

(Noun) Winter

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

がば

(Noun) Dirt, filth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がく【楽】

(Noun) Music played on a wind instrument; type of wind instrument

Ryukyu (Miyako)

がま

(Noun suffix) Diminutive suffix; small, young

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がま

(Noun) Cave

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

がま

(Noun) Reef cave, coral cave

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がな

(Suffix) Some-, a certain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がな

(Suffix) Some-, a certain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がに【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

がに【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

がに【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がてぃ

(Particle) Towards, to, up to

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぐま【胡麻】

(Noun) Sesame, sesame seeds

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐる

(Noun) Shell

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぐや【苦瓜】

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

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ぐゎー・ぐぁー

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐぁん・ぐゎん【願】

(Noun) Prayer, orison, supplication

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐぇー【慈姑】

(Noun) Threeleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria trifolia)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーい【針・鍼】

(Noun) Needle, pin, thorn, prickle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はば【幅・巾】

(Noun) Width, breadth

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はび【紙】

(Noun) Paper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はぶ【波布・蛇】

(Noun) Snake, serpent; viper, pitviper; Okinawan habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

はでぃ【風】

(Noun) Wind

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はが【墓】

(Noun) Grave, graveyard, tomb, tombstone

Ryukyu (Amami, Amami: Koniya)

はぎ【骭・脛】

(Noun) Leg, foot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はぎ【禿】

(Noun) Bald, baldness

Ryukyu (Yoron)

はぎ【骭・脛】

(Noun) Leg, foot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はいん

(Verb) To run, to gallop, to sprint; to speed; to flow, to course

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

はじ【風】

(Noun) Wind

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

はじ【骭・脛】

(Noun) Leg, foot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はき【刷毛】

(Noun) Paint brush

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はま【浜】

(Noun) Beach

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はま【鎌】

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ぱなー【花】

(Noun) Flower

Ryukyu (Yoron, Miyako, Yaeyama: Ishigaki)

ぱな【花】

(Noun) Flower

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

はな

(Noun) Mold, mould

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

はな【鼻】

(Noun) Nose

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はな【花】

(Noun) Flower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はに【羽・翼・翅・羽根】

(Noun) Feather, wing

Ryukyu (Yoron)

はに【金】

(Noun) Money

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はり【風】

(Noun) Wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はる【春】

(Noun) Spring, springtime

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Kunigami: Benoki)

はさ【傘】

(Noun) Umbrella, parasol

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はた【肩】

(Noun) Shoulder

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ひび【蛇】

(Noun) Snake, serpent

Chubu (Fukui: Wada), Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ひぶ【蛇】

(Noun) Snake, serpent

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ひる【蒜・葫】

(Noun) Garlic

Ryukyu (Amami)

ひる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ひゃー

(Noun) Hill, mound, slope

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ひゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゃ【烏賊・鰞】

(Noun) Cuttlefish, squid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゃ【板】

(Noun) Board, plank

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

いち【石】

(Noun) Stone

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

いち【池】

(Noun) Pond

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いち【池】

(Noun) Pond, basin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いち【何時】

(Noun) When

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぐん【遺言】

(Noun) Will, testament

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーび【指】

(Noun) Finger, toe, digit

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

いーへ【位牌】

(Noun) Spirit tablet, memorial tablet, ancestral tablet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーく

(Noun) Japanese ternstroemia (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いじゃい

(Noun) Night fishing, night clam digging; low tide clam digging

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いじゅミ【泉】

(Noun) Spring, natural spring, spring water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いじゅん【泉】

(Noun) Spring, natural spring, spring water

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いかー【烏賊・鰞】

(Noun) Cuttlefish, squid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いかい【錨・碇】

(Noun) Anchor

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いけィ【池】

(Noun) Pond, basin

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いっき【息】

(Noun) Breath, breathing

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いクさ【戦・軍】

(Noun) War, battle, combat

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いくト【幾ト】

(Adverb) How many

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いきゃ【烏賊・鰞】

(Noun) Cuttlefish, squid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いむん【鋳物】

(Noun) Casting, metal casting

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa: Shuri)

いのー

(Noun) Coral-reef lagoon, shallows

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いりゅ【色】

(Noun) Color, colour

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いしゃ【医者】

(Noun) Doctor, physician

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya, Okinawa)

いし【石】

(Noun) Stone

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いてぃー【何時】

(Noun) When

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いてぃム【何時ム】

(Adverb) Always

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いトか【五日・5日】

(Noun) The fifth (day of the month); five days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じく【軸】

(Noun) Axis, axle, pivot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じる

(Pronoun) Which, which one

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゅり【尾類】

(Noun) Prostitute

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako)

かび【紙】

(Noun) Paper

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かでぃ【風】

(Noun) Wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かぐ【駕籠】

(Noun) Palanquin, sedan chair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじ【風】

(Noun) Wind, breeze

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじ【数】

(Number) Number

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじ【影・景】

(Noun) Shade, shadow; appearance, look, figure, shape

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かま【窯・竈・竃】

(Noun) Traditional cook stove, hearth

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

かみ【亀】

(Noun) Turtle, tortoise

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かみ【神】

(Noun) God, deity, spirit

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

かに

(Noun) Iron

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かに【鐘】

(Noun) Bell

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かに【鉦】

(Noun) Gong

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かに【矩】

(Noun) Carpenter's square, framing square, angle ruler

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かに【金・鉄・銀・銅】

(Noun) Money; metal

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かぬ【彼ぬ】

(Deictic Pronoun) That over there

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

から

(Particle) From (this point, this time); by

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

かぜ【風】

(Noun) Wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーん【回ん・回】

(Counter) Counter for number of times or occurrences

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーん【蹴ん】

(Verb) To kick

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

きーん【切ん・切ーん】

(Verb) To cut, to chop, to clip, to slice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きじ【傷】

(Noun) Injury, wound, cut, scratch; bruise, contusion; damage

Ryukyu (Amami, Kunigami: Nago)

きぬ【昨日】

(Noun, adverb) Yesterday

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

きうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】

(Noun) Cucumber

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

っきん

(Noun) Clothes, clothing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っくゎ・っくぁ【子・小】

(Noun) Child, children

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

こぶ【蜘蛛】

(Noun) Spider

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くば

(Noun) Chinese fan palm (tree), Chinese fountain palm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くび【壁】

(Noun) Wall

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くび【首】

(Noun) Neck

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くぶ【蜘蛛】

(Noun) Spider

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くどぅ【去年】

(Adverb, Noun) Last year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くじ【釘】

(Noun) Nail, metal nail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くじゅ【去年】

(Adverb, noun) Last year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くき

(Noun) Tamariskoid spikemoss (Selaginella tamariscina)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くま【此間】

(Deictic Pronoun) Here

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くま【熊】

(Noun) Bear

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くみ

Here

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くみ【米】

(Noun) Rice (uncooked)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くむ【雲】

(Noun) Cloud

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くに【国】

(Noun) Country, nation, state

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぬ【此ぬ・斯ぬ】

(Adnominal Demonstrative) This (thing or person near the speaker)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くり【之・是り・此り】

(Deictic Pronoun) This, here

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くさ【草】

(Noun) Grass, weed

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くす【糞・屎】

(Noun) Discharge, excreta, excrement, excretion, feces, faeces, mucus

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くとぅ【事】

(Noun) Thing, circumstance, business, matter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くや【紺屋】

(Noun) Dye shop, dye factory

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

くゎー・くぁー【子・小】

(Noun) Child, children

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎー・くぁー

(Expression) Come

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎん・くぁん【棺・柩】

(Noun) Coffin, casket

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

くぇー【鍬】

(Noun) Hoe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぃー【声】

(Noun) Voice; news (of someone), word (of someone)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぃー【杭】

(Noun) Stake, post

Ryukyu (Amami)

きゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

きゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

までぃ【迄】

(Particle) Until, till, up to, up until, as far as

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まま【儘】

(Noun, Suffix) As it is, as is, as; as one is told, at the mercy of

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ます

(Noun) Salt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

また【又・亦・復】

(Adverb, Conjunction) Again, also

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

また【股・胯・叉・俣】

(Noun) Crotch, groin; bifurcation, fork

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

まや【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

まゆ【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まゆ【眉】

(Noun) Eyebrow, eyebrows

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron, Okinawa)

みじ【水】

(Noun) Water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみ【耳】

(Noun) Ear

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

みに【胸】

(Noun) Chest, breast

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

みや【蜷・蝸螺】

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Yoron)

むじ

(Noun) Taro, corm, tuber, dasheen

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むみ【籾】

(Noun) Unhulled rice, unhusked rice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むむ【腿・股】

(Noun) Thigh, lap

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むむ【桃】

(Noun) Peach

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むぬ【物】

(Noun) Thing; state of (being); food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むぬ【者】

(Noun) Person, people

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

むら【村】

(Noun) Village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むる

(Adverb, noun) Everything, all, entire, entirely, wholly, really

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

みゃー

(Noun) Garden

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

みゃー【庭】

(Noun) Garden, front garden, front yard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なば【茸】

(Noun) Mushroom

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

なび【鍋】

(Noun) Cooking pot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なだ【涙・泪・涕】

(Noun) Tear, tears

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

なだ【鰻】

(Noun) Eel

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

なふぁ【那覇】

(Name) Naha city

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

なぐ【名護】

(Name) Nago city

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ないん

(Verb) To be able to do

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ないん

(Verb) To be able to do

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なか【中】

(Noun) Middle, center; inside

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

なま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なみ【波・浪・濤】

(Noun) Wave

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

なた

(Pronoun) You, yourself

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

なてぃ【夏】

(Noun) Summer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んでー

(Particle) And more, and such, and others, et cetera

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ねーん【無ん】

(Negative verb) To not be, to not have, there is not

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にえー【似合】

(Noun) Suitable, befitting, well-suited, well-matched

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーん【煮ん】

(Verb) To boil; to steam; to cook (rice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーん【似ん】

(Verb) To resemble, to look like

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んかい

(Particle) Indicates the location of something, someone; denotes the location or destination of an action

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んけー【迎・迎けー】

(Noun) Facing, heading; across, opposite side

Ryukyu (Miyako)

んーぶ・んんぶ

(Noun) Navel, belly button

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

んれー

(Particle) And more, and such, and others, et cetera

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬいん【塗いん】

(Verb) To paint, to coat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬいん【乗いん・乘いん】

(Verb) To ride; to get on, to get in, to board, to take

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Kunigami: Oku, Okinawa)

ぬみ【蚤】

(Noun) Flea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬぬ【布】

(Noun) Cloth, textile

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぬてぃ【命】

(Noun) Life

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おばー【お婆・お祖母】

(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny; elderly woman, old woman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おじー【お爺・お祖父】

(Noun) Grandfather, grandpa, grandad; elderly man, old man

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

おーべ【青蠅・青蝿】

(Noun) Blue bottle fly, blow fly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーぶ

(Noun) Swelling, inflammation, tumorous growth; periostitis; myosarcoma

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

おーふぁ【青葉】

(Noun) Vegetable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーいん

(Verb) To fight, to quarrel, to altercate, to wrangle, to brawl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーじ【扇】

(Noun) Folding fan, hand fan, hand-held fan

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

おーら

(Noun) Spring, springtime

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

おーさ【石蓴】

(Noun) Sea lettuce

Ryukyu (Yoron, Kunigami: Iejima)

ぱま【浜】

(Noun) Beach

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぱとぅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぺィん【髭・鬚・髯】

(Noun) Mustache, beard, whiskers

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぴる【蒜・葫】

(Noun) Garlic

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぴとぅ【人】

(Noun) People, person

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Kunigami: Oku)

ぴとぅ【海豚】

(Noun) Dolphin

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ぽろ【畑・畠】

(Noun) Field, farmland, land, plot

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぷす【星】

(Noun) Star, stars

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ぷゆ【冬】

(Noun) Winter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るく【禄・祿】

(Noun) Stipend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さば

(Noun) Shark

Ryukyu (Kikai, Okinoerabu, Okinawa, Yonaguni)

さば

(Noun) Sandal, sandals, flip-flops, thongs, jandals, zories

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

さば

(Noun) Shark

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さび【錆・錆び】

(Noun) Rust

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さふ【蛸・鮹・章魚】

(Noun) Octopus

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

さぎ【酒】

(Noun) Sake, alcohol

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

さき【酒】

(Noun) Alcohol, sake

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さく【逧・迫・谷】

(Noun) Valley, ravine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さく【尺】

(Noun) Shaku (unit of measurement for distances equal to 30.3 cm); shaku (unit of measurement for the width of cloth equal to 37.9 cm)

Ryukyu (Miyako)

さな【傘】

(Noun) Umbrella, parasol

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さに

(Noun) Seed, pit, core; sperm, semen

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さら【只】

(Noun, adverb) Only, just, merely

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

さる【猿】

(Noun) Monkey

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さる【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さる【猿】

(Noun) Monkey

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ささ

(Noun) Fish-stupefying poison

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Kunigami: Iejima)

さた【砂糖】

(Noun) Sugar

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

しゃー【茶】

(Noun) Tea

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

しゃー【下】

(Noun) Down, below, under, underneath

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しー【巣】

(Noun) Nest

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

しー【手】

(Noun) Hand, arm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しー【債】

(Noun) Debt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しー【精】

(Noun) Semen, seminal fluid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しん【千】

(Noun) Thousand, one thousand

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

しん【肉】

(Noun) Meat, flesh

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima: Asama)

しょい【醤油・醬油】

(Noun) Soy sauce, shoyu

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

しゅー【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Amami: Kakeroma)

そね【曽根・曾根】

(Noun) Fishing spot near a coral reef, fish reef

Kyushu (Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Koshikijima, Miyazaki), Ryukyu ...

すば【唇】

(Noun) Lips

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すば

(Noun) Tongue

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すば【蕎麦】

(Noun) Buckwheat; buckwheat noodles, Soba noodles

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

すが【千代香・茶家】

(Noun) Teapot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すく【底】

(Noun) Bottom; bottom of a ravine, valley bottom, valley floor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すく

(Noun) Juvenile mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すく【卓】

(Noun) Table, desk

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すく【燭】

(Noun) Light (of a candle); candlepower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すみ

(Noun) Birthmark; bruise

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すみ【趣味】

(Noun) Hobby, pastime, occupation, interests; taste, preference

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すら【空】

(Noun) Sky, heaven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

する【棕櫚・棕梠・椶櫚】

(Noun) Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すす【裾】

(Noun) Hem, cuff

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すとぅ【外】

(Noun) Outer, external; outside, exterior

Honshu (Standard), Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たび【旅】

(Noun) Travel, trip, voyage, journey, tour

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たでぃ【蓼】

(Noun) Water pepper plant (Persicaria hydropiper)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

たふ【蛸・鮹・章魚】

(Noun) Octopus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たか【鷹】

(Noun) Hawk, falcon

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

たか

(Noun) Grey-faced buzzard (Butastur indicus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たき【竹】

(Noun) Bamboo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たく【蛸・鮹・章魚】

(Noun) Octopus; common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

たく【蛸・鮹・章魚】

(Noun) Octopus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たま【玉・球】

(Noun) Ball; bead; jewel; bullet; lens; bulb; testicle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たな【棚】

(Noun) Shelf, rack; trellis

Ryukyu (Miyako)

たる【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

たる【誰】

(Pronoun) Who

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たす【他所・他処】

(Noun) Another place, somewhere else, elsewhere

Ryukyu (Amami)

たゆ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Yaeyama, Miyako, Tarama-Minna, Amami, Yoron, Kunigam...

てぃだ【天道・太陽】

(Noun) Sun, solar

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

てぃだ【天道・太陽】

(Noun) Sun, solar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーん【手斧】

(Noun) Hatchet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃく【梃・梃子】

(Noun) Lever

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

てぃる

(Noun) Small basket

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ったー【舌】

(Noun) Tongue

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ったト【二】

(Number) Two

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ってぃト【一】

(Number) One

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

とぅぶ【豆腐】

(Noun) Tofu

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅが【咎・科】

(Noun) Offence, wrongdoing, crime; punishment, sentence

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅいん【取いん】

(Verb) To take; to confiscate, to take away; to steal; to remove, to take off; to obtain, to receive; to decide on; to pick, to gather, to harvest; to arrive at, to reach

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima, Okinawa)

とぅじ【刀自】

(Noun) Wife

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅか【十日・10日】

(Noun) The tenth (day of the month); ten days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

トゥナ

(Noun) Tuna, canned tuna

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅら【虎】

(Noun) Tiger

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

とぅら【虎】

(Noun) Tiger

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

とぅてぃ【時】

(Noun) Time, hour, moment

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うち【牛】

(Noun) Cow, cattle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うめー【う前・御前】

(Noun) My Lord

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うむい【思い・想い・念い】

(Noun) Thought, idea; feeling; wish, desire; love, affection

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato, Kunigami: Benoki)

うんが【男】

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うんじゅ【御所】

(Pronoun) You, yourself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うんな【恩納】

(Name) Onna, Onna village

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うんてぃ

(Noun) Sweet potato

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うし【牛】

(Noun) Cow, cattle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うし

(Noun) Adult

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うっさ

(Particle) Only, just, merely

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

うたー【歌・唄・詩】

(Noun) Song, poetry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うてー【謡・謡てー】

(Noun) Recitation, reciting, chanting

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うっとぅ

(Noun, suffix) Younger, young ones, juniors; younger sibling (brother or sister)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うーび【帯・帶】

(Noun) Cloth belt, sash, band

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うやー【売やー・売屋・売人】

(Noun) Seller, vendor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わじゃ【業】

(Noun) Work, occupation, job, profession; task, undertaking

Ryukyu (Yoron)

わぬ【我・吾】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Yoron, Amami)

わた【腸】

(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

をぅじ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅてぃ【居てぃ】

(Particle) At

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅとぅ【夫】

(Noun) Husband

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーん・うーん【斧】

(Noun) Axe, ax, hatchet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーん【来年】

(Noun, adverb) Next year

Ryukyu (Yoron)

やぶ【薮・藪】

(Noun) Woods, forest, thicket

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

やど【宿】

(Noun) Inn, lodge, lodging

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やどぅ【宿】

(Noun) Lodging, inn, hotel

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

やじ【山羊】

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Yoron)

やか【兄】

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やか

(Particle) More than, greater than, rather than; from, beginning from

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

やく

(Noun) Larva

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

やま

(Noun) Spade; plough, plow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

やま【山】

(Noun) Mountain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やま【山】

(Noun) Forest; mountain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やな【嫌な】

(Prefix) Bad, unpleasant, evil; undesirable, ugly

Ryukyu (Amami)

やね

(Noun, adverb) Next year

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

やに【来年】

(Noun, adverb) Next year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やに 【脂】

(Noun) Resin

Ryukyu (Amami)

いぇだ【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いだ・いぃだ・ゐだ・ゆぃだ【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

いぃーん・ゆぃーん・ゐーん

(Verb) To sit, to be seated, to take a seat

Ryukyu (Amami)

よだ【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Kyushu (Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki), Ryukyu (Am...

よま

(Noun) String, cord, thread

Ryukyu (Amami: Naze, Okinawa, Miyako, Tarama-Minna, Yaeyama)

ゆだ【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆか

(Particle) More than, greater than, rather than; from, beginning from

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ゆく

(Noun) Lie, lies, falsehood, untruth

Ryukyu (Miyako: Hirara)

ゆみ【夢】

(Noun) Dream

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako)

ゆみ【嫁】

(Noun) Wife, bride

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ゆみ【嫁】

(Noun) Wife, bride

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆみ【弓】

(Noun) Bow (weapon)

Ryukyu (Amami: Ikeji)

ゆむ

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆな【与那】

(Name) Yona

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆに

(Noun) Sand

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆぬ

(Noun, adjective) Same, identical, alike

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ゆる【夜】

(Noun) Night, nighttime

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆた

(Noun) Yuta, medium, spiritual arbitrator, spiritual adviser, shaman

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Komi, Yonaguni: Sonai)

ざの

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Aragusuku)

ざぬ

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーがい

(Noun) Dark-capped parrotfish (Scarus oviceps); blue-barred parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーまん

(Noun) Hermit crab

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーむい【泡盛】

(Noun) Awamori, distilled rice liquor

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あーにー【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーすん【合すん】

(Verb) To adjust; to mix; to connect, to meet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぶいん【炙いん・焙いん】

(Verb) To grill, to barbecue, to sear, to roast

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

あぶる

(Noun) Traditional non-folding hand fan, uchiwa fan

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちゃー【明日】

(Noun, adverb) Tomorrow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あがいん【上がいん】

(Verb) To rise; to improve; to be done, to be finished, to complete

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あがり【東・上り】

(Noun) East, eastern, eastward

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あがり【東・上り】

(Noun) East, eastern, eastward

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぎーん【上ぎーん・挙ぎーん・揚ぎーん】

(Verb) To raise; to fly (a kite), to set off (fireworks), to launch; to raise (one's voice); to fry in oil, to deep-fry; to present, to offer, to give; to vomit, to throw up

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

あぎゃー

(Noun) Seine fishing where fish are driven into the net by divers

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あひる【家鴨・鶩】

(Noun) Domestic duck

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato, Okinawa)

あいこー【蟻こー・蟻子】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あじゃま【薊】

(Noun) Thistle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あじゃみ【薊】

(Noun) Thistle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あじゃな【字】

(Noun) Nickname

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

あくび【欠伸】

(Noun) Yawn, yawning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくいん【悪縁・惡緣】

(Noun) Cursed bond, cursed relationship, bad relationship, doomed relationship, fatal attachment

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくま【悪魔・惡魔】

(Noun) Demon, devil, evil spirit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくた【芥】

(Noun) Trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

あまむ

(Noun) Gecko

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あまむ

(Noun) Hermit crab

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみーん【浴みーん】

(Verb) To bathe, to shower, to clean oneself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あもり【天降・天降り】

(Noun) Descent from heaven, descending from heaven; being descended from heaven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あむとぅ

(Noun) Ridge between paddy fields; embankment, dike, bank

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

あんだー【油】

(Noun) Oil

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あんがー

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんまー・あんまあ

(Noun) Mom, mum, mama, mother

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あんまー

(Noun) Mom, mum, mama, mother

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あんみー

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんし

(Conjunction) And, then, and then, as a result; well

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あらぐ

(Adverb) Very, really, quite

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あらいん【洗いん】

(Verb) To wash, to clean, to lave, to rinse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あらり【霰】

(Noun) Graupel, hail

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あさに【朝寝】

(Noun) Sleeping in in the morning

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

あさてぃ【明後日】

(Noun) Day after tomorrow, in two days

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あさてぃ【明後日】

(Noun) Day after tomorrow, in two days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさゆ【朝夕】

(Noun) Morning and evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしー

(Noun) Lunch, luncheon, midday meal

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あせィブ【遊ブ】

(Verb) To play, to go out to play; to enjoy; to loiter, to idle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あっさん【浅っさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Shallow; pale, light

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたく

(Noun) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus), Temminck's cormorant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あったー【彼達】

(Pronoun) They, those guys, those people

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ばーき

(Noun) Basket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばーき

(Noun) Bamboo basket

Ryukyu (Miyako: Hirara)

ばんた【我ん達・我達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばさー

(Noun) Banana fabric, banana fiber cloth, banana textile

Ryukyu (Amami)

ばしゃ【芭蕉】

(Noun) Banana, Musa basjoo, Japanese Fiber Banana

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばすー【芭蕉】

(Noun) Ryukyu fiber banana (Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis), plantain, Japanese fiber banana (Musa basjoo)

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

びーび

(Noun) Vagina, pussy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びーる【蛭】

(Noun) Leech

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

びんが

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びんた

(Noun) Sideburns, sidelocks, sidecurls, payot; cheek, cheeks

Ryukyu (Amami: Naze)

べィる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぼーじ【坊主・房主】

(Noun) Buddhist monk, monk; someone with a shaven head

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶち【鞭・笞・韃・策】

(Noun) Whip, bamboo cane

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぶいは【甥】

(Noun) Nephew

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶりー【無礼】

(Noun) Discourtesy, rudeness, impoliteness, incivility

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶさん【欲さん】

(Suffix, Sa-Adjective) Want to ~, wish to ~, would like to ~

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶし【節】

(Noun) Song, poetry, musical work, piece

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぶせィ【星】

(Noun) Star, stars

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶたん【牡丹】

(Noun) Tree peony (Paeonia × suffruticosa)

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぶーぎ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぶーず

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃく【客】

(Noun) Customer, visitor, guest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃぬ

(Adjective) What, what kind of, what sort of

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちび

(Noun) Buttocks, butt, ass, arse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぎ【黄楊・柘植】

(Noun) Japanese boxwood (Buxus microphylla)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato, Okinawa)

ちぐ

(Noun) Windmill palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーん【切ん・切ーん】

(Verb) To cut, to chop, to clip, to slice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーん【釣ん・釣ーん】

(Verb) To fish, to catch (fish), to angle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじ

(Noun) Interdiction, prohibition, forbiddance

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじ

(Noun) Top, peak, summit; above, high above

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちく【菊】

(Noun) Florist's daisy (Chrysanthemum morifolium), hardy garden mum

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちま【島】

(Noun) Island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちみ【爪】

(Noun) Nail, fingernail, toenail; claws, talons

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむ【肝・胆・心】

(Noun) Liver; mind, spirit, heart, soul; feelings, emotions

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちむ

(Noun) Kitchen

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちな【綱】

(Noun) Rope

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちな【砂】

(Noun) Sand, grit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちな【知名】

(Name) China, town of China

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちな【喜名】

(Name) Kina, Kina ward

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちら【面】

(Noun) Cheek, cheeks; face

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちり【霧】

(Noun) Fog, mist, brume

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Okinawa)

ちる【鶴】

(Noun) Crane (bird)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちさ【汽車】

(Noun) Train

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちとぅ

(Noun) Present, gift, souvenir

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゆ【露】

(Noun) Dew

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーん【来ゅーん・来ん】

(Verb) To come

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

だーが

(Noun) Where

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin, Okinawa)

だーぐ【団子】

(Noun) Dango, sweet dumpling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だんじゅ

(Adverb) Indeed

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

でえじ・でーじ

(Adjective) Amazing, wonderful, great

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でーじ

(Noun, Adverb) Serious matter, important matter, big deal; awful, terrible; very, awfully, terribly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でぃんぐ【林檎】

(Noun) Apple

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でぃんわ【電話】

(Noun) Telephone, phone

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どーぐ【道具】

(Noun) Tool, instrument, implement, utensil

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どーさ【礬水・陶砂】

(Noun) Potassium alum; sizing agent

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅち【同士】

(Noun) Friend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅじん

(Noun) Traditional Okinawan cross-collar garment

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅんす

(Noun) Traditional Okinawan cross-collar garment

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅらい【寄合い・寄合】

(Noun) Meeting, assembly

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Kunigami: Nago, Tokunoshima)

どぅし【同士】

(Noun) Friend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅーどぅ

(Noun) Very, extremely, exceedingly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーぐゎ・えーぐぁ【藍子】

(Noun) Mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens), black rabbitfish, dusky rabbitfish

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

えーじゅー

(Noun) Friend, companion

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

えーるー

(Noun) Friend, companion

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

えんだー【A&W】

(Noun) A&W Restaurants

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふぁーとぅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぁっか 【薄荷】

(Noun) Mint (herb)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ふぇーく【早く・速く】

(Adverb) Quickly, hurriedly, rapidly, expressly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇんさ【隼】

(Noun) Falcon; peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーさ【冷さ・寒さ】

(Noun) Cold, chill, coldness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーとぅ【海豚】

(Noun) Dolphin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじゃい【左】

(Noun) Left, left-hand side

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじゅん

(Verb) To shave

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃきん【北京】

(Name) Beijing, Peking

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃんに【昼寝】

(Noun) Afternoon nap

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃらー【平らー】

(Noun) Something flat, flat object

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃし【干瀬】

(Noun) Rock or reef exposed at low tide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃゆー【日傭】

(Noun) Day laborer

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふち【星】

(Noun) Star, stars

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふち【縁】

(Noun) Edge; cliff, precipice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふでぃー

(Noun) Lightning

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふぐい【陰嚢】

(Noun) Testicles, testes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふくい【埃】

(Noun) Dust

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふんば【腓】

(Noun) Calf of the leg, back of the leg

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふんぬ【本ぬ】

(Noun, adverb) Truth, true, reality; in truth, truly, in fact, really, honestly

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

ふっぱ

(Noun) Okinawa pitviper (Ovophis okinavensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふらー

(Noun) Idiot, stupid, fool, dolt

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふるん【掘るん】

(Verb) To dig, to excavate

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Okinawa)

ふし【星】

(Noun) Star

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふし【腰】

(Noun) Lower back

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ふトか【二日・2日】

(Noun) The second (day of the month); two days

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふった【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーび【褒美】

(Noun) Reward, prize

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーじ【風儀】

(Noun) Appearance, look, style, fashion; customs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーか

(Noun) Balloon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーおー【鳳凰】

(Noun) Chinese phoenix, fenghuang

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーる

(Noun) Latrine, lavatory, toilet, washroom, bathroom; pig toilet, pigsty latrine

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ふーとぅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふやー【掘やー】

(Noun) Digger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がーま

(Noun) Reckless

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がーら

(Noun) Horse mackerel (Carangidae); jack fish (Caranx)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がち

(Noun) Glutton

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

がじゃム

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

がじゃム

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がじゃん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

がじゃん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Yoron)

がじゃん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

がにー【蟹】

(Noun) Crab

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がにー【金】

(Suffix) Mister (Mr.), sir

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がし

(Noun) Famine

Ryukyu (Miyako: Yonaha, Miyako: Irabu)

がざム

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

がざん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

げィた【下駄】

(Noun) Geta, wooden clogs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐち【口】

(Noun, suffix) Speech, language, dialect, accent

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐっか【極寒】

(Noun) Extreme cold, severe cold, intense cold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐなん【五男】

(Noun) Fifth son

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

ぐんだ【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐにん【五人・5人】

(Noun) Five people

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

ぐんじゃ【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐりー【御礼】

(Noun) Bow, salutation, greeting, salute, nod

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐそー【後生】

(Noun) Afterlife, next life

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐてー【五体・五體】

(Noun) Limbs, arms and legs; body, physique, condition

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ぐゎた・ぐぁた【腸】

(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

はーぱ【祖母】

(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

はーら【瓦】

(Noun) Roof tile

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はばー

(Noun, adjective) Good-looking, attractive, hot, sexy

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はち【箸】

(Noun) Chopsticks

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はち【橋】

(Noun) Bridge

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Shuri)

はち【蜂】

(Noun) Bee, wasp, hornet

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

はでぃキ

(Noun) Tattoo

Ryukyu (Amami)

はげー・ハゲー

(Interjection) Wow!, whoa, amazing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじゅん【剥じゅん・折じゅん】

(Verb) To take off, to remove

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はっか 【薄荷】

(Noun) Mint (herb)

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

はめィ【亀】

(Noun) Turtle, tortoise

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

はみー【亀】

(Noun) Turtle, tortoise

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんき

(Noun) Head of the penis, glans, penile glans

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんた【端】

(Noun) Edge, margin, side, bank; edge of a cliff, cliff side, cliff face, cliff

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はさん【鋏・剪刀】

(Noun) Scissors

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はし【橋】

(Noun) Bridge; ladder

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

ひちぇ【額】

(Noun) Forehead

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ひグる

(Noun) Grime, filth, dirt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひーさ【冷さ・寒さ】

(Noun) Cold, chill, coldness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひーす【干潮】

(Noun) Ebb tide, low tide, receding tide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひじゃい【左】

(Noun) Left, left-hand side

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひかー

(Noun) Pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ひんぐ【竈黒・灰黒】

(Noun) Soot, black residue

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ひとぅー

(Noun) Present, gift, souvenir

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ほーいん【這いん・匍いん・延いん・爬いん】

(Verb) To creep, to crawl, to scutter, to scuttle

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ほーら【川原】

(Noun) River, riverbank, river shore, beach

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

ほーとぅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゃい【錨・碇】

(Noun) Anchor

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

いちん【何時ん】

(Adverb) Always

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゅん【行ちゅん】

(Verb) To go

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いちゅプ・いちゅぷ【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーち【息】

(Noun) Breath

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーちゅ

(Noun) Silk

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーふぇー【位牌】

(Noun) Spirit tablet, memorial tablet, ancestral tablet

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

いーぐん

(Noun) Fish spear, harpoon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーかー【衣桁】

(Noun) Clothes rack, garment rack

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーらー【刺・棘・蕁】

(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いじり

(Noun) Self-confidence, self-assurance, courage, bravery

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

いけが【男】

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いきら

(Noun, adjective, adverb) Only, just, merely

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いくさ【戦・軍】

(Noun) War, battle, combat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いみーん

(Verb) To urge, to press, to demand

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いなか 【田舎】

(Noun) Countryside, rural area

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

いなな

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Okinawa: Kudaka)

いんどー【豌豆】

(Noun) Pea, green pea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんどぅー【豌豆】

(Noun) Pea, green pea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんぐゎ・いんぐぁ【因果】

(Noun) Wrongdoing, sin, misdeed, misfortune; karma, retribution

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぬいん【祈いん・祷いん】

(Verb) To pray, to wish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いっぺー

(Adverb) Really, very

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いらぶ【沖永良部・永良部】

(Noun) Okinoerabu, Okinoerabu Island

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

いらぶ【刺・棘・蕁】

(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

いらき【鱗】

(Noun) Scale (of a fish or reptile); dandruff

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いらな

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

いれェん【刺・棘・蕁】

(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

いれら

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりーん【入りーん】

(Verb) To put in, to place in, to insert; to take in, to take into; to allow (in), to permit, to admit; to include; to turn on, to switch on

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりく【海参・煎海鼠・熬海鼠】

(Noun) Dried sea cucumber

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いりゅム【射りゅム】

(Verb) To shoot (an arrow)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

いさき【石垣】

(Name) Ishigaki, Ishigaki Island

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いてぃく【従弟】

(Noun) Cousin

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

いつィ

(Noun) Fish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いったー

(Pronoun) You (plural), you guys, you all

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いわり【謂り・謂わり】

(Noun) History, origin; reason, cause, pretext

Ryukyu (Amami: Nishikomi)

じゃらー

(Noun) Drone beetle (Pseudotorynorrhina japonica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じばん【襦袢】

(Noun) Undershirt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じげー【自害】

(Noun) Suicide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じーる【地炉】

(Noun) Hearth, fire pit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じまん【自慢】

(Noun) Pride, boasting, bragging

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じんぎ

(Noun) East Indian Ash (Fraxinus floribunda)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゆー【自由】

(Noun) Freedom, liberty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーえー【情愛】

(Noun) Love, affection

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーぐ【漏斗】

(Noun) Funnel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーじ【上手】

(Noun) Skillful

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーじ【象牙】

(Noun) Ivory

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーま

(Noun) Standard, norm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーぎ【影・景】

(Noun) Shade, shadow; appearance, look, figure, shape

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーみ【亀】

(Noun) Turtle, tortoise

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーら

(Noun) River, stream

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーら【瓦】

(Noun) Roof tile

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちゃ【蚊帳】

(Noun) Mosquito net

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かち【垣】

(Noun) Hedge; fence

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

かドら【葛・蔓】

(Noun) Vine, creeping vine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かふー【家風】

(Noun) Family tradition

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かがん【鏡】

(Noun) Mirror

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

かいな【腕】

(Noun) Arm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじゃい【飾い】

(Noun) Decoration

Ryukyu (Miyako: Ikema)

かじゃん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

かじゃん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かかん

(Noun) Pleated long skirt worn as undergarment

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かむん【咬むん・噛むん】

(Verb) To eat

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

かむん【咬むん・噛むん】

(Verb) To eat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんだ【葛・蔓】

(Noun) Vine, creeping vine; sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas)

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

かんこ

(Noun) Firefly, fireflies, lightning bugs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんら【葛・蔓】

(Noun) Vine, creeping vine; sweet potato vine (Ipomoea batatas)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かっぱ【合羽】

(Noun) Raincoat

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

からん

(Noun) Hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からん【橄欖】

(Noun) Chinese olive (Canarium album)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かりー【嘉例・佳例】

(Noun, Expression) Happiness, auspiciousness, luck; cheers

Ryukyu (Miyako: Irabu)

かざム

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーでぃ【楓・槭樹・槭】

(Noun) Maple tree

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーいん【帰いん】

(Verb) To return, to go back, to come back

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

けーいん【帰いん】

(Verb) To return, to come back

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーな【腕】

(Noun) Upper arm

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

ききゃ【喜界】

(Name) Kikai, Kikai Island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きっさ

(Noun) Just now, just a moment ago

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーいん【買いん・買ーいん】

(Verb) To buy, to purchase

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

こーま

(Noun) Eggs, egg

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

こーま【独楽】

(Noun) Spinning top

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぶん【凹ん・窪ん・凹・窪】

(Noun) Dent, depression

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くちゃ

(Noun) Bed or bedroom of a young married couple

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くち【東風】

(Noun) East wind, easterly wind, eastern wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くち【骨】

(Noun) Bone; remains, ashes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くち【口】

(Noun) Mouth; opening

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

くふぁー

(Noun) Okinawa pitviper (Ovophis okinavensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くがー

(Noun) Striped eel catfish (Plotosus lineatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くがー

(Noun) Fishbone fern (Nephrolepis cordifolia)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くいか【恋歌】

(Noun) Love song, love poem

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くむい【曇い・曇】

(Noun) Cloudy, cloudy weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くむい

(Noun) Pond, swamp; tide pool

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くんだ【腓】

(Noun) Leg, calf of the leg, back of the leg

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

くんどぅ【今度】

(Noun, Adverb) This time, this, this coming, now; next time, next

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くにん【九人・9人】

(Noun) Nine people

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

くんじゃ【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

くらー

(Noun) Sparrow, Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くさー

(Noun) Behind, in back, backside, rear

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くさい【鎖】

(Noun) Chain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くし【腰】

(Noun) Lower back

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くそー【胡椒】

(Noun) Pepper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすい【薬】

(Noun) Medicine, medication, drug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすん【越すん・超すん】

(Verb) To cross over, to go across, to travel over

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くてぃー【特牛】

(Noun) Bull, ox

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーぶ【昆布・恨布】

(Noun) Kombu, konbu, edible kelp

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーが・くうが

(Noun) Eggs, egg

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーぎ

(Noun) Pubic hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーす【古酒】

(Noun) A distilled alcoholic beverage made from rice, aged for at least three years.

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーわ

(Expression) Come

Ryukyu (Miyako)

くっゔぁ【腓】

(Noun) Calf of the leg, back of the leg

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

くわー

(Noun) Okinawa pitviper (Ovophis okinavensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くよー【供養】

(Noun) Memorial service

Ryukyu (Miyako: Yonaha)

くゆム【暦】

(Noun) Calendar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎいん・くぁいん

(Verb) To eat, to bite; to gain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぃーん【呉ん・呉ーん】

(Verb) To give, to bestow; to do something for

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko, Kunigami: Benoki)

まーが【孫】

(Noun) Grandchild, grandchildren, grandkid

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

まーま

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーみ【豆・荳・菽】

(Noun) Legume, bean, pea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーす【真塩】

(Noun) Salt

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

まーす【真塩】

(Noun) Salt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぶい・マブイ

(Noun) Soul, spirit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まち

(Noun) Star snapper (Lutjanus stellatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まち【槙・真木・槇】

(Noun) Yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

まどぅん

(Adverb) Normally, usually, habitually

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まふぇー【真南・真南風】

(Noun) Towards the south, to the south (of), due south

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まふー【魔法】

(Noun) Magic, sorcery

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

まがい

(Noun) Bowl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぎー

(Noun) Something big, someone big

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まかい

(Noun, Suffix) Bowl; serving

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まむん【真者】

(Noun) God; incarnation, avatar, godlike person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんき【満期・滿期】

(Noun) Expiration, conclusion; maturity (finance)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんま【飯】

(Noun) Cooked rice, meal, food

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

まんな【皆】

(Noun) Everyone, everybody

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

まりー【迄】

(Particle) Until, till, up to, up until, as far as

Ryukyu (Yoron)

まさい【旨さい・美味さい・甘さい・上手さい・巧さい】

(Sa-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ましゅ

(Noun) Salt

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko, Okinawa, Iriomote, Yaeyama)

まやー・まやあ【猫】

(Noun) Cat, felidae, felis catus, Iriomote cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

まゆー【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーば【前歯】

(Noun) Front tooth, front teeth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーいん【燃いん】

(Intransitive verb) To burn

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーじゅ【舞戸】

(Noun) Hinged door

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

めーく【宮古】

(Name) Miyako

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みち【蜜】

(Noun) Honey; nectar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みち【道】

(Noun) Road, street, path, trail, way; way, manner, method

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

めィでぃ【水】

(Noun) Water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みふん【見本】

(Noun) Sample, specimen

Ryukyu (Amami, Tokunoshima)

めィー【目】

(Noun) Eye, eyes, sight, vision, viewpoint

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みっか【三日・3日】

(Noun) The third (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

みなー【蜷・蝸螺】

(Noun) Snail, pond snail

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

みにゃ【蜷・蝸螺】

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

みたい【三人・3人】

(Noun) Three people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーいん【舞いん】

(Verb) To dance

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーじ【孟子】

(Name) Mencius (Chinese philosopher); Mencius (one of the Four Books of Confucianism)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーき【儲き・儲】

(Noun) Profit, earnings

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むち

(Noun) Plaster, mortar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むだい【悶い・悶】

(Noun) Anguish, worry

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

むいか【六日・6日】

(Noun) The sixth (day of the month); six days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むみん【木綿・木棉】

(Noun) Cotton

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

むんどぅ

(Noun) Fight, quarrel, altercation, brawl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むんみ【匁】

(Noun) Traditional unit of measurement equivalent to to 3.75 grams

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

むぬい【物言・物言い】

(Noun) Speech, way of talking, language

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

むらー【村】

(Noun) Village

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

むれィ【森】

(Noun) Forest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むるん【無論】

(Adverb) Obviously, evidently, of course

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むるー

(Noun) Longspine emperor (Lethrinus genivittatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むーく・むうく【婿・壻・聟】

(Noun) Son-in-law

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーび【鍋】

(Noun) Cooking pot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーふぁ【那覇】

(Name) Naha City

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーぎ【土産】

(Noun) Present, gift, souvenir

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーか【中】

(Noun) Middle, center; inside

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーく【宮古】

(Name) Miyako, Miyako island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーり

(Adverb, Suffix) Along, around, from

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

なばー【茸】

(Noun) Mushroom

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

なち【夏】

(Noun) Summer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なぐい

(Noun) Human feces used as pig feed

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ないぱ

(Noun) Mortar (for grinding rice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかい

(Particle) In, in the middle of; and then

Ryukyu (Amami)

なきゃ

(Pronoun) You (plural), you guys, you all

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

なまー【今】

(Noun, Adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ななト【七】

(Number) Seven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なんじ【難儀】

(Noun) Difficulty, hardship, trouble, problem

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なんか【七日・7日】

(Noun) The seventh (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

なんか【七日・7日】

(Noun) The seventh (day of the month); seven days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なすん【生すん】

(Verb) To give birth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なわい【似合】

(Noun) Suitable, befitting, well-suited, well-matched

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なゆん【成ゆん】

(Verb) To become

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ねーみ 【縫目】

(Noun) Stitch

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ねーら【右】

(Noun) Right, right side

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にち【熱】

(Noun) Heat; fever, high temperature

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にち【日】

(Suffix) Day (of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にふぇー【御拝・二拝】

(Expression, Noun) Thanks; thankfulness, gratitude, appreciation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にげー【願・願げー】

(Noun) Wish, desire, prayer, request

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーえー【似合】

(Noun) Suitable, befitting, well-suited, well-matched

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にくん【面皰】

(Noun) Pimple, acne

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんさ【念者】

(Noun) Caring person, attentive person, passionate person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にし【北】

(Noun) North, northern, northwards

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

にし【北】

(Noun) North, northern, northwards

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima, Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawan: Shuri...

んかじ【百足・蜈蚣】

(Noun) Centipede

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

んくく

(Noun) Sea grape (Caulerpa ssp.)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

んくゎー・んくぁー

(Particle) Only, just, merely

Ryukyu (Miyako)

んまが【孫】

(Noun) Grandchild, grandchildren, grandkids

Ryukyu (Miyako)

んなま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んーじゅん【見じゅん・観じゅん・視じゅん】

(Verb) To see, to look (at), to watch, to stare (at)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

のーが【冥加】

(Noun) Honour, honor, pride, glory, blessing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

のーじ【名字・苗字】

(Noun) Surname, family name

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

のーじ【虹・霓】

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

のーてぃ

(Particle) At, in

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んぱな【御花】

(Noun) Flower

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んてぃす【満潮】

(Noun) High tide, full tide, high water

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ぬち【命】

(Noun) Life

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬじゅん

(Verb) To draw (a sword), to pull out; to take off, to remove; to take (a photo); to deceive

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima)

ぬくぇ

(Particle) And more, and such, and others, et cetera

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬむん【飲むん】

(Transitive verb) To drink; to swallow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーじ【虹・霓】

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ぬーみ【蚤】

(Noun) Flea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーり【苔】

(Noun) Moss

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーる【祝女】

(Noun) Ryukyuan priestess

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

にゃま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Yoron)

にゃま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーべー【青蠅・青蝿】

(Noun) Blue bottle fly, blow fly

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

おーふぁー【青葉】

(Noun) Vegetable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーじゅん【扇じゅん・煽じゅん】

(Verb) To fan

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーるー【青色】

(Noun) Blue, green

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

おーさム【青さム】

(Sa-Adjective) Blue, green

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーさん【青さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Blue, green

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

おーゆム【合ゆム】

(Verb) To meet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おりおん・オリオン

(Noun) Orion beer; Orion Breweries

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぴちゅ【人】

(Noun) People, person

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぴんざ

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

っぱぶ

(Noun) Snake, serpent, viper, pitviper; Okinawa habu (Protobothrops flavoviridis)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ぷろー【畑・畠】

(Noun) Field, farmland, land, plot

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぷし【星】

(Noun) Star, stars

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ぷーぷ

(Noun) Grandfather, grandpa, grandad

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

りんぐ【林檎】

(Noun) Apple

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ろーさ【礬水・陶砂】

(Noun) Potassium alum; sizing agent

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

るし【同士】

(Noun) Friend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るーか【琉歌】

(Noun) Okinawan poetry, Okinawan song, Okinawan poem

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るーや【牢屋】

(Noun) Jail, prison

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーじ【鷺】

(Noun) Egret, heron

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーじ

(Noun) Traditional Ryukyuan turban, Eisa turban; headband, kerchief

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーに

(Particle) Using, with, in, by

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato, Kunigami: Oku)

さーに【白蟻】

(Noun) Termite

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーら

(Noun) Scrubbing brush

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーら【鰆】

(Noun) Japanese Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus niphonius)

Ryukyu (Miyako: Uruka, Miyako: Minaai)

さーる

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さち【鯱】

(Noun) Killer whale (Orcinus orca), orca

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さち【先】

(Noun) Ahead, in front, first; tip, point; front; the future; previous, prior, earlier

Kyushu (Kagoshima), Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さふん・サフン

(Noun) Soap

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

さこー

(Noun) Cough

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さむん【焚物・焚き物・薪】

(Noun) Firewood

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

さなん

(Noun) Loincloth, underwear; Fundoshi (a sumo wrestler loincloth)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんぐ【珊瑚】

(Noun) Coral

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

さんてぃ【三線】

(Noun) Sanshin; Okinawan three-stringed instrument

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

さたー【砂糖】

(Noun, suffix) Sugar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

サワー

(Noun) Shower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さわい

(Noun) Delaine, mousseline de laine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さわい

(Noun) Illness, sickness, ailment

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しゃが

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しば

(Noun) Tongue; lips

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しば

(Noun) Lips

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しび【鮪】

(Noun) Tuna (Thunnus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

しが

(Particle) But, however, yet, still

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

しじゃ

(Noun) Older brother, brother

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

しじゃ

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しじゃ

(Noun) Pacific needlefish (Strongylura anastomella); Keel-jawed needlefish (Tylosurus acus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しま【相撲】

(Noun) Sumo wrestling, sumo wrestler

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しま【島】

(Noun) Island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しみ

(Noun) Birthmark; bruise

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しみ【蝉・蟬】

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しみ

(Noun) Study, learning, knowledge

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しな【砂】

(Noun) Sand

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しな【砂】

(Noun) Sand

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

しら【天道・太陽】

(Noun) Sun, solar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しる 【汁】

(Noun) Liquid, water, juice; soup, broth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しわ

(Noun) Worry, concern, anxiety

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

せィま【島】

(Noun) Island

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

せィみ【墨】

(Noun) Ink

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

せィた

(Noun) Tongue

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーば【相伴】

(Noun) Accompanying, partaking, participating, company; groomsman, attendant to the groom

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ogimi, Miyako: Hirara)

そーが【生姜・生薑・薑】

(Noun) Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーぐ【鉦鼓】

(Noun) Percussion instrument similar to a gong

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーいん

(Verb) To bring (someone), to take (someone), to be accompanied by

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーじ【掃除】

(Noun) Cleaning, sweeping

Ryukyu (Miyako: Ogami)

そーか【生姜・生薑・薑】

(Noun) Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーき

(Noun) Rib, rib cage

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

っさく

(Noun) Cough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すがい

(Noun) Attire, outfit, clothing, clothes

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すない【隣】

(Noun) Neighbour, neighbor, next-door neighbour, neighbouring house; nearby, adjacent, next to

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

すぬい【酢海苔・州海苔】

(Noun) Mozuku (Cladosiphon okamuranus), edible seaweed

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すし【年・歳】

(Noun) Year, age

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すすい【年寄・年寄い・年すい】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーび

(Noun) Water current, ocean current

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーぶ【勝負】

(Noun) Contest, competition, match

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーび【足袋・単皮】

(Noun) Tabi, traditional socks with a split-toe design

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーぐ【担桶】

(Noun) Bucket, pail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーぬ【誰ぬ】

(Pronoun) Whose, who

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーら【俵】

(Noun) Straw bag (of rice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たばい【束い】

(Noun) Bundle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たち【滝・瀧】

(Noun) Waterfall

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

たふー【蛸・鮹・章魚】

(Noun) Octopus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たかー【高ー】

(Noun) Tall person

Ryukyu (Yoron)

たまん

(Noun) Emperor (fish), large-eye bream, Lethrinidae

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たまん

(Noun) Spangled emperor (Lethrinus nebulosus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たむん【焚物・薪】

(Noun) Firewood

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんな【手綱】

(Noun) Reins, bridle

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

たぺィ【旅】

(Noun) Travel, trip, voyage, journey, tour

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たゆい【便い】

(Noun) News, correspondence, letter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーく・てえく【太鼓】

(Noun) Drum, taiko drum

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーら【平良】

(Name) Taira ward, Taira

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

てぃち【鉄・鐵】

(Noun) Iron

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃち【鉄・鐵】

(Noun) Iron

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

てぃだん【天道・太陽】

(Noun) Sun, solar

Ryukyu (Amami)

てぃー【手】

(Noun) Hand, hands

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri)

てぃーだ【天道・太陽】

(Noun) Sun, solar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーる

(Noun) Bamboo handbasket, bamboo basket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんま【伝馬船】

(Noun) Small sailing ship, cutter boat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーふ【豆腐】

(Noun) Tofu

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago, Kunigami: Iejima)

とーぷ【豆腐】

(Noun) Tofu

Ryukyu (Miyako)

つみ【爪】

(Noun) Nail, fingernail, toenail; claw, talon

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

とぅべー

(Noun) Green chafer (Anomala albopilosa); Midway emerald beetle (Protaetia pryeri)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅぶん【飛ぶん】

(Verb) To fly, to soar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅぶー

(Noun) Flying fish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅち【時】

(Noun) Time

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅけー【渡海】

(Noun) Crossing the sea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅまい【泊】

(Name) Tomari neighborhood, Tomari village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅない【隣】

(Noun) Neighbour, neighbor, next-door neighbour, neighbouring house; nearby, adjacent, next to

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅし【年・歳】

(Noun) Year, age

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅすい【年寄・年寄い・年すい】

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

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

とぅーか【十日・10日】

(Noun) The tenth (day of the month); ten days

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

とぅーら【俵】

(Noun) Straw bag (of rice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちゅん【浮ちゅん】

(Verb) To float, to rise up to the surface

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちゅん【措ちゅん】

(Verb) To stop, to quit, to give up

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちゅん【打ちゅん】

(Verb) To hit, to strike, to beat; to beat (a drum); to till, to plow; to play (a tabletop game); to gamble; to braid; to cast (a net)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うどぅる【鶉】

(Noun) Quail, Japanese quail, Barred buttonquail

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うふぃーん【起ふぃーん】

(Verb) To get up, to wake up

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふじゃ

(Noun) Old person, elderly person

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うぎみ【大宜味】

(Name) Ogimi village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぐゎん・うぐぁん【御願】

(Noun) Prayer

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ういるん【植いるん】

(Verb) To plant, to grow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ういっとぅ

(Noun) Drunkard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うじに

(Noun) Nutrition, nourishment, nutrient

Ryukyu (Amami: Ashiken)

うまート

(Noun) Fire

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

うなぎ【鰻】

(Noun) Eel

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Woman, girl

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

うなじ【鰻】

(Noun) Eel

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

うにげ【う願げ・御願げ】

(Noun) Desire, wish, request

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うにき【辺野喜】

(Name) Benoki area, Benoki village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うんけー【御迎】

(Noun) Welcoming of the spirits of one's ancestors on the first day of Kyū Bon or Obon

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うんめー

(Noun) Grandmother; old woman, elderly woman

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うんな【沖縄】

(Noun) Okinawa

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うりーん【降りーん・下りーん】

(Verb) To descend, to go down, to come down; to get off, to step off, to disembark

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うるか【愚か】

(Noun) Stupidity, stupid, folly, foolish

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

うさぎ【兎・兔・菟】

(Noun) Rabbit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うたいん【歌いん・唄いん・謡いん・詠いん・唱いん】

(Verb) To sing; to recite, to chant; to crow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うってぃー【一昨日】

(Adverb) Two days ago, the day before yesterday

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

うとぅげ【頤】

(Noun) Lower jaw

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うーくい【送・送い】

(Noun) Funeral; sending off of the spirits of one's ancestors on the last day of Kyū Bon or Obon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うわいん【終わいん】

(Verb) To finish

Ryukyu (Yoron)

わーが【我が・吾が】

(Pronoun) I, me, myself

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

わち【脇・腋・掖】

(Noun) Armpit

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

わきゃ【我達・吾達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Yoron)

わなー【我なー】

(Topicalized pronoun) I, me, myself

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

わらい【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

われー【笑・笑ー・笑れー】

(Noun) Smile, grin

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

わし【鷲】

(Noun) Eagle

Ryukyu (Amami, Kunigami)

わたー【腸】

(Noun) Stomach, belly, abdomen

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Amami)

わったー【我達・吾達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐきー

(Noun) Brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をーじ【王子】

(Noun) Prince

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅどぅい【踊い】

(Noun) Dance

Ryukyu (Yoron)

をぅいが【男】

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーいん【折いん】

(Verb) To break, to snap; to fracture; to fold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーぬ・うーぬ【斧】

(Noun) Axe, ax, hatchet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーどぅ【宿】

(Noun) Lodging, inn, hotel

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

やーに【来年】

(Noun, adverb) Next year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーに 【脂】

(Noun) Resin

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

やーさ

(Noun) Hunger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やむん【山芋】

(Noun) Japanese mountain yam (Dioscorea japonica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やぬん【病ぬん】

(Verb) To hurt, to be painful, to ache; to be sick, to be ill; to suffer from

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

やし【椰子】

(Noun) Palm tree

Ryukyu (Nagasaki: Uku, Kagoshima)

やし【椰子】

(Noun) Palm tree

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

やしゅ【椰子】

(Noun) Palm tree

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いぃーる・ゆぃーる・ゐーる【夜】

(Noun) Night, nighttime

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いぃんが・ゐんが【男】

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

よーいん【弱いん】

(Verb) To be weak, to become weak; to decline, to become feeble; to be structurally unsound

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

よーか【八日・8日】

(Noun) The eighth (day of the month); eight days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

よーみ【弱み・弱味】

(Noun) Weakness, weak point, shortcoming, drawback

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆち【雪】

(Noun) Hail; snow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ゆだー【枝】

(Noun) Branch (of a tree, plant, etc.), bough

Kyushu (Kagoshima), Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin, Okinawa, Miya...

ゆだい【涎】

(Noun) Drool

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ゆふぁー【床】

(Noun) Floor, platform

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ゆふぁー【四日・4日】

(Noun) The fourth (day of the month); four days

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ゆふい

(Noun) Evening meal, supper, dinner

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ゆけィ【雪】

(Noun) Hail; snow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆっか【四日・4日】

(Noun) The fourth (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくい【憩い・憩】

(Noun) Rest, break

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆむん【読むん】

(Verb) To read; to count

Ryukyu (Amami: Ukeamuro)

ゆむー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ゆなー【夜中】

(Noun) Midnight

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆぬん【読ぬん】

(Verb) To read; to count

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆぬん【詠ぬん】

(Verb) To compose

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ゆさい【夜さい・夜去い・夜去】

(Noun) Tonight, this evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆし【柞】

(Noun) Oak, oak tree

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ゆたい【四人・4人】

(Noun) Four people, four persons

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーな【右納】

(Noun) Yellow hibiscus (Hibiscus hamabo); Sea hibiscus (Talipariti tiliaceum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーる【夜】

(Noun) Night, nighttime

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーぶく

(Noun) Foam, bubble

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あーどぅる【赤泥】

(Noun) Red clay, red clay pottery

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あーとぅき【暁・曉】

(Noun) Dawn, daybreak

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あばさー

(Noun) Porcupinefish, blowfish, balloonfish, globefish, pufferfish

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あばし

(Noun) Porcupinefish, blowfish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あびやー

(Noun) Yeller, shouter, screamer, loudmouth

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

あぶち

(Noun) Grandfather, grandpa, grandad; elderly man, old man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぶゆん【炙ゆん・焙ゆん】

(Verb) To grill, to barbecue, to sear, to roast

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちき

(Noun) Steam, vapor, vapour

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あふぁさん

(Sa-Adjective) Mild, weak, light, bland

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あふぃらー【家鴨・鶩】

(Noun) Domestic duck

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku, Okinawa)

あがち

(Noun) Okinawa Rail bird, Yanbaru Kuina

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

あはかー

(Noun) Okinawa tree lizard (Diploderma polygonatum)

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あはさム【赤さム】

(Sa-Adjective) Red

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あひらー【家鴨・鶩】

(Noun) Domestic duck

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あじゃなー【字】

(Noun) Nickname

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あじけー【あじ貝】

(Noun) Giant clam (Tridacninae); fluted giant clam (Tridacna squamosa)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかじん【赤じん】

(Noun) Leopard coral grouper (Plectropomus leopardus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかぬん【赤ぬん】

(Verb) To turn red, to become red, to redden

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかさん【赤さん・紅さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Red, scarlet, crimson

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

あけづ

(Noun) Dragonfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あけーいん【赤けーいん】

(Verb) To become bright, to brighten, to become clear

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あキにぇー【商にぇー】

(Noun) Trade, trading

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくふー【悪風・惡風】

(Noun) Bad ways, evil ways, bad habits

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくじん【悪銭・惡錢】

(Noun) Dirty money, easy money, ill-gotten wealth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくじん【悪人・惡人】

(Noun) Bad person, evil person, villain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくにん【悪人・惡人】

(Noun) Bad person, evil person, villain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくそー【悪性・惡性】

(Noun) Evilness, wickedness, malice

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あまはん【甘さん】

(Ha-Adjective) Sweet

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あまんぶ

(Noun) Hermit crab

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あまさん【甘さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Sweet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あますん【余すん】

(Verb) To leave an excess

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あまゆー

(Noun) Japanese silver-biddy (Gerres equulus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみふい【雨降い・雨降】

(Noun) Rainfall, rain, raining, rainy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみなー

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみゆん【浴みゆん】

(Verb) To bathe, to shower, to clean oneself

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あながー

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あなぐー

(Noun) Giant clam

Ryukyu (Amami)

あんびる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんぐぁー・あんぐゎー

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

あんまふ

(Noun) Coconut crab (Birgus latro)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あんにゃー

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんしぇー

(Conjunction) First, well, to start, for now, for the time being

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんしー

(Noun) Missus (Mrs.)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんすか

(Expression) That (much, many), so (much, many), such

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

あぺらー【家鴨・鶩】

(Noun) Domestic duck

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

あぺるー【家鴨・鶩】

(Noun) Domestic duck

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あらーぐ

(Adverb) Really, very, quite

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

あらはん【荒はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Rough, harsh, violent, tempestuous

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あらさム【荒さム】

(Sa-Adjective) Rough, harsh, violent, tempestuous

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あらさん【荒さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Rough, harsh, violent, tempestuous

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あらし【嵐】

(Noun) Storm

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あルきゅム【歩く】

(Verb) To walk

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさばん【朝飯】

(Noun) Lunch, luncheon, midday meal

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

あさーじゃー【朝茶】

(Noun) Morning tea

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

あささー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あささム【浅ささム】

(Sa-Adjective) Shallow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あささん【浅ささん】

(Sa-Adjective) Shallow; pale, light

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさってぃ【明後日】

(Noun) Day after tomorrow, in two days

Ryukyu (Amami)

あしび【遊び】

(Noun, affix) Play, playing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしじゃ

(Noun) Geta (elevated wooden flipflops)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あっしー

(Noun) Morning meal, breakfast

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

あたびー

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたかー

(Noun) Okinawa tree lizard, Okinawa monkey lizard (Diploderma polygonatum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたくー

(Noun) Okinawa tree lizard, Okinawa monkey lizard (Diploderma polygonatum)

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ばーばー・バーバー

(Noun, Adverb) Sound of strong wind, blowing, howling

Ryukyu (Amami)

バードー

(Noun) Bird

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

ばーるん【笑ん・笑るん】

(Verb) To laugh, to smile

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ばがどぅ

(Noun) Lizard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばっぺー

(Noun) Mistake, error, blunder

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びかーん

(Particle) Only, merely; about, approximately, around

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びけーい

(Particle) Only, merely; about, approximately, around

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びけーん

(Particle) Only, merely; about, approximately, around

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

びきれ

(Noun) Lizard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びんさー【弁者】

(Noun) Speaker, orator, (good) talker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぼーじゃー

(Noun) Boy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぼーし【帽子】

(Noun) Hat, cap

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ぶかじ【百足・蜈蚣】

(Noun) Centipede

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶーかー

(Noun) Balloon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶーとー

(Noun) Tessellated cone (Conus tessulatus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

っちき【月】

(Noun) Moon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃーぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃぶん【茶盆】

(Noun) Tea tray

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃふぁん【脚絆・脚半】

(Noun) Gaiter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃはん【脚絆・脚半】

(Noun) Gaiter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃんとぅ

(Adverb) Properly, correctly, perfectly; neatly, orderly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃっさ

(Adverb, noun) How much; how many

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃたん【北谷】

(Name) Chatan, town of Chatan

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃわん【茶碗】

(Noun) Rice bowl, teacup

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちち【月】

(Noun) Moon

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちち【煤】

(Noun) Soot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちごー【都合】

(Noun) Convenience, circumstance

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーでぃ【序・序でぃ】

(Noun) Occasion, opportunity, convenience, spare moment

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちーす【干潮】

(Noun) Ebb tide, low tide, receding tide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじゅい【千鳥・鵆】

(Noun) Plover

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ちむい【積むい】

(Noun) Intention, conviction, plan; intend on

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちねー【家内】

(Noun) Household, home, family

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんさ【検査】

(Noun) Inspection

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんとぅ

(Adverb) Precisely, exactly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぬん

(Verb) To pinch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぬー【昨日】

(Noun, adverb) Yesterday

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちとー【祈祷・祈禱】

(Noun) Prayer, praying

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちっとぅ

(Adverb) Firmly, tightly, strongly, securely

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちょーとぅ【京都】

(Name) Kyoto

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅらー【清らー】

(Noun) Beautiful person, pretty person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だちゅん【抱ちゅん・懐ちゅん】

(Verb) To hold in one's arms, to cradle; to hold; to carry, to conceal

Ryukyu (Yoron)

だふみ

(Noun) Bensasi goatfish, Bar-tailed goatfish, Japanese goatfish (Upeneus japonicus)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

だいぱー

(Noun) Mortar (for grinding rice)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だまみ【山亀】

(Noun) Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle, Ryukyu leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だまとぅ【大和・倭】

(Noun) Japan, mainland Japan

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

だんだん

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でーふぁー

(Noun) Mortar (for grinding rice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

でーくん【大根】

(Noun) Daikon radish, White radish, Japanese radish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でぃっかー

(Conjunction) Come on, let's (go)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

でぃまみ

(Noun) Peanut, groundnut, Jimami

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

でぃみみ【蚯蚓】

(Noun) Earthworm

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

でぃなが【地中】

(Noun) Land

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅちゅん【退ちゅん】

(Verb) To step aside, to step back, to step away; to retreat, to withdraw; to recede

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅぐゎい・どぅぐぁい【蘆薈】

(Noun) Aloe

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

どぅんばい

(Adverb) A lot, many, much

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima)

どぅーし【同士】

(Noun) Friend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーぐゎー・えーぐぁー【藍子】

(Noun) Mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens), black rabbitfish, dusky rabbitfish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーくぇー

(Noun) Quarrel, dispute

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぁがま【羽釜】

(Noun) Iron pot used for cooking rice

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

ふぁんどぅー【半挿】

(Noun) Water jug

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぁらは【裸】

(Noun) Naked, nude, nudity

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーいる【灰色】

(Noun) Grey, gray

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーさん【早さん・速さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Fast, quick; early

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーし【囃子】

(Noun) Musical accompaniment in traditional Japanese and Ryukyuan theatre

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃばり【罅割り・罅割】

(Noun) Crack; cracked skin, chapped skin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃちぇー【額】

(Noun) Forehead

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃちぇー【引合・引合ちぇー】

(Noun) Enquiry, inquiry; comparison, example, correspondence, equivalence

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃちゅん【引ちゅん・曳ちゅん・牽ちゅん】

(Noun) To pull, to pull back, to draw (back); to draw (lots), to pull out; to catch (a cold); to play a string instrument; to saw; to grind; to subtract

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃがら【日柄】

(Noun) Lucky or unlucky time of day, auspicious or inauspicious time of day; kind of day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーふぃー

(Noun, Adverb) Whistling

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ふぃーじゃー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

ふぃーらー

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぃーらー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーろー

(Noun) Pulmonary tuberculosis, lung disease

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーさん【冷さん・寒さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Cold, chilly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじゃみ

(Noun) Partition, divider, separator

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじゅいん

(Verb) To become cool, to cool down

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃぬび【日延び】

(Noun) Postponing, postponement

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃらく

(Adverb) In a cross-legged manner

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

ふぉーちゃ【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふちゃん【福建】

(Name) Fujian, Fukien

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふちゅん【吹ちゅん】

(Verb) To blow; to play a wind instrument; to smoke, to puff

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ふかす

(Verb) To boil

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

ふみる

(Noun) Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ふなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Girl, woman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふなく【船子・舟子】

(Noun) Sailor, seaman

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふるみ【黒目】

(Noun) Pupil (of the eye)

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ふすィ・ふすぃ【薬】

(Noun) Medicine, medication, drug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーち

(Noun) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーち

(Noun) Infectious disease, ague

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーとー【蒲桃】

(Noun) Rose apple (Syzygium jambos)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がーがー・ガーガー

(Noun, Adverb) Caw caw

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がーげん

(Particle) Until, till, up to, up until, as far as

Ryukyu (Yoron: Mugiya)

がーじゃん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がーじゅー

(Noun) Stubborn person, obstinate person, hard-headed person

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

がーけィ

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がーなー

(Noun) Goose

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がーれー

(Particle) Until, till, up to, up until, as far as

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がーとぅい【鵞鳥・鵝鳥】

(Noun) Goose, duck

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がちー

(Suffix) While

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がちゅん

(Noun) Horse mackerel (Carangidae)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

がだみ

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Amami)

がじゃみ

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

がじゃむ

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

がじゃむ

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がっこー【学校・學校】

(Noun) School

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がまく

(Noun) Waist, hips

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がんじゅー【頑丈】

(Noun) Healthy, well, fine, in good health

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

がんざん

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がっぱい

(Noun) Back of the head; forehead; prominent forehead, overhanging brow, beetle brow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がらむ

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

がらす【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がっさん

(Sa-Adjective) Light, lightweight

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

げーち【咳気】

(Noun) Cold, common cold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぎーたー

(Noun) Hopping on one leg

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ごーやー【苦瓜】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐじら【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐっかん【極寒】

(Noun) Extreme cold, severe cold, intense cold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐむる

(Noun) Sandankwa viburnum (Viburnum suspensum)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぐんぼー

(Noun) Illegitimate child

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぐすく【御塞】

(Noun) Stone wall

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐーさん

(Noun) Cane, walking stick

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎち・ぐぁち【月】

(Noun, suffix) Month

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎんり【元利】

(Noun) Principal and interest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎっぴ【月日】

(Noun) Month and day in the calendar, date

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

はーぶい【蝙蝠】

(Noun) Bat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーいゆ【針魚】

(Noun) Japanese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーめー【母前】

(Noun) Grandmother, old woman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーし【箸】

(Noun) Chopsticks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーやー【歯屋】

(Noun) Dentist, dental hygienist

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーやん【歯病ん】

(Noun) Toothache

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

はべる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

はびら

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はびる

(Noun) Butterfly, moth

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

はちゃー【蜂】

(Noun) Bee, wasp, hornet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちゅん【吐ちゅん】

(Verb) To utter, to tell, to let out; to breathe out, to exhale; to vomit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちゅん【履ちゅん・佩ちゅん・穿ちゅん】

(Verb) To wear, to put on

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はだか【裸】

(Noun) Naked, nude, nudity

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はがま【羽釜】

(Noun) Iron pot used for cooking rice

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

はがみ【鏡】

(Noun) Mirror

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はがに【鋼・刃金】

(Noun) Steel

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

はいさい

(Male Interjection) Hello, hi, hey, howdy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はいたい

(Female Interjection) Hello, hi, hey, howdy

Ryukyu (Amami: Yuwan)

はいゆー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はいゆー【針魚】

(Noun) Japanese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus sajori)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじーん【剥じーん・折じーん】

(Verb) To take off, to remove

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はかいん【計いん・測いん・量いん】

(Verb) To measure, to assess, to size, to quantify, to weigh

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はかま【袴】

(Noun) Traditional undergarment, trousers

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなぎ【花木】

(Noun) Flowering tree

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんどぅー【半挿】

(Noun) Water jug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はにーん【撥にーん・刎にーん】

(Verb) To splash; to refuse, to decline

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんくゎ・はんくぁ【繁華】

(Noun) Extravagance, glamour, glamor, showiness, gaudiness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんめー

(Noun) Provisions, grains, food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんそー【半笛】

(Noun) Transverse flute, side-blown flute

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

はんすい【剃刀】

(Noun) Razor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんすん【外すん・判すん】

(Verb) To remove, to untie, to unfasten; to solve, to decipher; to fail to do

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

はぴら

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

はぴる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

はらじ

(Noun) Hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はたき【畑・畠】

(Noun) Field, farmland, land, plot

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

はたな【刀】

(Noun) Single-edged sword

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

へべる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

へーじゃー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

へーせー

(Male Interjection) Hello, hi, hey, howdy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

へーてー

(Female Interjection) Hello, hi, hey, howdy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひばり【罅割り・罅割】

(Noun) Crack; cracked skin, chapped skin

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ひちぇー【額】

(Noun) Forehead

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひちぇー【引合・引合ちぇー】

(Noun) Enquiry, inquiry; comparison, example, correspondence, equivalence

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

ひーじゃー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ひーまー

(Noun) Great-great-grandchild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひーらー

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひーさん【冷さん・寒さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Cold, chilly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひーしゅ【干潮】

(Noun) Ebb tide, low tide, receding tide

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

ひーとぅい【海豚】

(Noun) Dolphin

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ひーざー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

ひこーん【低こーん】

(Sa-Adjective) Low

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Naha)

ひまぐ【曾孫・曽孫】

(Noun) Great-grandchild

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ひんめー【昼飯】

(Noun) Midday meal, lunch

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ひんにゃ【皆】

(Noun) Everyone, everybody

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひらく

(Adverb) In a cross-legged manner

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ほーち【箒・帚】

(Noun) Broom, sweep, broomstick

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ほーしゅ【鳩・鴿】

(Noun) Dove, pigeon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ほーてー【包帯・繃帯】

(Noun) Bandage

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ほっぱー

(Noun) Vine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひゅーぐ【表具】

(Noun) The craft of mounting and framing paper-based works of art

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いばさん

(Sa-Adjective) Cramped, constricted, tight, small

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちぐ【一期】

(Noun) Lifetime, one's lifetime, for the rest of one's life; always, constantly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちく【従弟】

(Noun) Cousin

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

いちょび【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, strawberries

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinoerabu)

いちゅび【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, strawberries

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゅび【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, strawberries

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゅく【従弟】

(Noun) Cousin

Ryukyu (Amami)

いちゅぷ【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, strawberries

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いふェー【位牌】

(Noun) Spirit tablet, memorial tablet, ancestral tablet

Ryukyu (Amami: Yamatohama)

いひゅび【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーちゅー【糸】

(Noun) Thread, string

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Iejima)

いーじま・いいじま【伊江島】

(Name) Iejima, Ie Island

Ryukyu (Yoron)

いじくん

(Expression) Bye, see you later

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いじゅきん

(Noun) Threadfin bream (Nemipterus); Fork-tail threadfin bream (Nemipterus furcosus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いくち【幾ち】

(Adverb) How many; how old

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いくたい【幾人】

(Noun) How many (people, persons, members)

Ryukyu (Amami)

いもーれ

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いなさい

(Sa-Adjective) Small

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんぐぁー・いんぐゎー【犬子】

(Noun) Dog, small dog, puppy

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いねィー【稲】

(Noun) Rice plant

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いのち【命】

(Noun) Life

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いのゆム【祈ゆム・祷ゆム】

(Verb) To pray, to wish

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いっぴょー【一俵・1俵】

(Noun) One straw bag (of rice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いらぶん【選ぶん・撰ぶん・択ぶん】

(Verb) To choose, to select

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いらぶー

(Noun) Water snake, sea snake, sea serpent, sea krait

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

いらちゃ【鱗】

(Noun) Scale (of a fish or reptile); dandruff

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりちゃ【甍】

(Noun) Roof ridge (tile)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりち【鱗】

(Noun) Scale (of a fish or reptile); dandruff

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりがん【入り髪・入髪】

(Noun) Hair extension, hair piece, wig

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Iriomote)

いりじん【入り墨・入墨】

(Noun) Tattoo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりみー【入目・入り目】

(Noun) Prosthetic eye, ocular prosthesis, artificial eye, glass eye

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Yomitan)

いさとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いしゃとぅ

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いすじゅん【急じゅん】

(Verb) To hurry, to hasten, to rush

Ryukyu (Miyako)

いつふ【従弟】

(Noun) Cousin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いとぅたい【五人・5人】

(Noun) Five people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゃーふぇー

(Noun) Uncontrollable, unmanageable, unruly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゃくる【石榴・柘榴・若榴】

(Noun) Pomegranate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゃっし【雑誌】

(Noun) Magazine, journal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じーふぁー

(Noun) Ornamental hairpin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じーなー

(Noun) Firefly, fireflies, lightning bugs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じーぬー【芸能】

(Noun) Performing arts, dance performance

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

じーわー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じじゃく【磁石】

(Noun) Magnet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じまま【自まま】

(Noun) Selfish, selfishness

Ryukyu (Kunagami: Oku, Okinawa)

じんじん

(Noun) Firefly, lightning bug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じのーん【宜野湾】

(Name) Ginowan, Ginowan City

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

じっぷん【十分】

(Noun) Ten minutes, 10 minutes

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

じょんけィ【定規・定木】

(Noun) Ruler (for measuring)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーぐー【上戸・上戶】

(Noun) Food enthusiast, food fanatic, food lover, addict; drinker, heavy drinker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーじょー【上手】

(Noun) Skillful

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーとー【上等】

(Noun) Good, fine, great, high quality

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じょーとぅー【上等】

(Noun) Good, fine, great, high quality

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゅーみー

(Noun) Green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゅーにん【十人・10人】

(Noun) Ten people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーみー【亀】

(Noun) Turtle, tortoise

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちゅん【書ちゅん】

(Verb) To write

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちゅん【勝ちゅん・克ちゅん・贏ちゅん】

(Verb) To win, to be victorious; to be second to none

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちゅー

(Noun) Skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

かがみ

(Noun) Cockscomb

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじり【限り】

(Noun) Limit, bound, end; as far as

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かくぐ【覚悟】

(Noun) Resolve, conviction, determination, preparedness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かないん【適いん・叶いん・敵いん】

(Verb) To be in good health, to be strong; to like, to favour; to come true, to be fulfilled; to rival

Ryukyu (Yoron)

かんだん【甘藍】

(Noun) Cabbage

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんどー【感動】

(Noun) Strong impression, strong feelings, passion, excitement

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんげー【考・考げー】

(Noun) Thinking, thought

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんじゃー【鍛冶工】

(Noun) Blacksmith, smith

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんじょー【甘草】

(Noun) Liquorice root, licorice root

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんじゅん【被じゅん・冠じゅん】

(Verb) To wear (a hat), to put on

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんむい【冠】

(Noun) Hat, cap

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんない【雷】

(Noun) Thunder

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんぬー【肝要】

(Noun) Important, essential, central to, key to

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんすい【剃刀】

(Noun) Razor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんすい【剃刀】

(Noun) Razor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からいん

(Verb) To raise (an animal), to keep, to have

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からじ

(Noun) Hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からた【体・躰・躯・身体】

(Noun) Body

Ryukyu (Miyako)

からず

(Noun) Hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かるく【家禄・家祿】

(Noun) Stipend given to government officials

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かしー【加勢】

(Noun) Aid, assistance

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたいん【語いん】

(Verb) To talk about, to tell, to narrate, to recount

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かわてぃ

(Adverb) Especially, particularly, exceptionally

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーやー

(Noun) Fat person, chubby person, big person

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きばる【気張る】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きぶいん【煙いん・烟いん】

(Verb) To produce smoke, to give off smoke, to be smoking, to be smoky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーじょー【木戸】

(Noun) Wooden gate, wood gate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーまー【毛まー】

(Noun) Hairy person; shaggy person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーもー【毛もー】

(Noun) A person without hair, hairless person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーるー【黄色】

(Noun) Yellow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーゆい【木百合】

(Noun) Angel's trumpet (Brugmansia)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きらま【慶良間】

(Noun) Kerama, Kerama Islands

Ryukyu (Amami: Oshima)

きやぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

きずか・きづか【喜如嘉】

(Name) Kijoka village

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

っきぬー【昨日】

(Noun, adverb) Yesterday

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こんこん

(Noun, Adverb) Cough-cough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーやー【買やー・買屋・買人】

(Noun) Buyer, purchaser

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くばいん【配いん・賦いん】

(Verb) To distribute

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くちょー【故郷】

(Noun) Hometown, homeland

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くでぃら【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

くほろ【心】

(Noun) Mind, soul, spirit, heart

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くいし【小石】

(Noun) Pebble

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くじゃく【孔雀】

(Noun) Peafowl, peacock

Ryukyu (Amami)

くじき

(Noun) Leprosy

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

くっじゃー【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

くかる

(Noun) Ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くくる【心】

(Noun) Heart, mind, spirit; disposition, character, nature

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

くもり

(Noun) Pond

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

くむす【小虫】

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くんち【根気】

(Noun) Perseverance, persistance, drive

Ryukyu (Yoron, Okinawa)

くにぶ【九年母】

(Noun) Orange, mandarin, satsuma orange

Ryukyu (Yoron, Okinawa)

くにふ【九年母】

(Noun) Orange, mandarin, satsuma orange

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

くんじゃー【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぬみ

(Noun) Plan, scheme

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くらじ【水母・海月】

(Noun) Jellyfish, medusa, nettlefish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるま【車】

(Noun) Car, vehicle, automobile; wagon, carriage; wheel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くさき【草木】

(Noun) Vegetation, greenery, grass and trees

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikei)

くすく

(Noun) Scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くとぅば【言葉・辞・詞・辭】

(Noun) Language, speech, dialect, word, words, idiom

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーばー【蜘蛛】

(Noun) Spider

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

くーぶー【蜘蛛】

(Noun) Spider

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Small, little; young

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゆみ【暦】

(Noun) Calendar

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

くゎーぎ・くぁーぎ

(Noun) Korean mulberry (Morus australis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎーな

(Noun) Mansion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎふー【果報】

(Noun) Happiness, good fortune; karma, retribution

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎなん・くぁなん【火難】

(Noun) Destructive fire, blaze, conflagration, fire outbreak

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎし・くぁし【菓子】

(Noun) Pastry, sweets, confectionery

Ryukyu (Miyako)

きゃーぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーち【松】

(Noun) Pine tree

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

まーはん【旨はん・美味はん・甘はん・上手はん・巧はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

まーじぇー

Grasshopper, locust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーじん

(Noun) Millet, common millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

まーれー

(Noun) Dragonfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

まーさー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

まーさん・まあさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

まーさん【旨さん・美味さん・甘さん・上手さん・巧さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーすん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーすん 【回すん・廻すん】

(Verb) To turn, to rotate

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

まーぜー

Grasshopper, locust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちゅん【待ちゅん・俟ちゅん】

(Verb) To wait; to await

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まどぅいん【惑いん】

(Verb) To be baffled, to be puzzled, to be at a loss; to be misguided, to be led astray

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まがら

(Noun) Blood relation, blood relationship, blood relative

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぎさ

(Noun) Largeness, dimension, size

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

まはだ

(Noun) Tuna

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

まいるん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

まいすん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まっくゎ・まっくぁ【枕】

(Noun) Pillow

Ryukyu (Miyako)

まみな【豆菜】

(Noun) Bean sprouts

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まむいん【守いん・護いん・戍いん】

(Verb) To protect, to guard, to watch over, to defend; to follow, to abide by, to comply with

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんじゃい【萬歳・万歳】

(Noun) Traditional activity of going house-to-house performing an act to celebrate the New Year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんじゅー【饅頭】

(Noun) Steamed bun with filling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんまん【飯】

(Noun) Cooked rice; meal; food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんまん【飯】

(Noun) Cooked rice, meal, food

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

まんなー

(Noun, adverb) Together

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんなー

(Noun) Silver-mouthed turban (Turbo argyrostomus)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

まんぐ・まんんぐ・まんく゚【孫】

(Noun) Grandchild, grandchildren, grandkids

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんにん【万人】

(Noun) Ten thousand people; many people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんさん【満産】

(Noun) A celebration held one week or one month after a child's birth

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako)

まゆぎ【眉毛】

(Noun) Eyebrow, eyebrows

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーばー【前歯】

(Noun) Front tooth, front teeth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーにん【毎年】

(Noun, Adverb) Every year, annually, yearly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーし

(Noun) Chopsticks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーすん【燃ーすん・燃すん】

(Verb) To burn, to light a fire

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みどぅり【緑】

(Noun) Sprout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みふぃじ【御髭】

(Noun) Beard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーばい【眼張・目張】

(Noun) Grouper (Epinephelidae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーち【三・三ち】

(Number) Three

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーがー【眼皮・目皮】

(Noun) Eyelid

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Kunigami: Nakijin)

みーみー【兄々・兄兄】

(Noun) Big brother, older brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむん【新物】

(Noun) New thing, something new

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむん【催物】

(Noun) Event, activity, attraction, entertainment

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむん【見物】

(Noun) Something to see, something worth seeing, must-see, sight, attraction

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむん【雌】

(Noun) Female animal, female insect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーさん

(Sa-Adjective) New

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kuroshima)

みーっす【耳屎・耳糞】

(Noun) Earwax

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

みーわー【庭】

(Noun) Garden, front garden, front yard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーやー【目屋・眼屋】

(Noun) Eye doctor, eye care professional, eye specialist, ophthalmologist, oculist, optometrist

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーやー【新家】

(Noun) New home, new house, new dwelling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーゆん【見ゆん】

(Intransitive Verb) To be seen, to be in view, to be visible; to appear, to seem, to look like

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みけーん【三回】

(Adverb) Three times, thrice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みっくゎ・みっくぁ【盲・瞽】

(Noun) Blind

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

みきゃー【三日・3日】

(Noun) The third (day of the month); three days

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Akajima)

みみじ【蚯蚓】

(Noun) Earthworm

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みなが

(Noun) Garden

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

みんぎー【濁ぎー・濁ー】

(Noun) Muddiness, turbidity

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みんぐぃ【濁ぐぃ】

(Noun) Muddiness, turbidity

Ryukyu (Miyako)

みみたう【耳朶・耳たう】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みるく【弥勒】

(Noun) Maitreya (Bodhisattva)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みやま【深山】

(Noun) Deep in the mountains

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーもー

(Noun) Chiragra spider conch (Harpago chiragra), spider conch (Lambis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーやー【舞やー・舞人】

(Noun) Dancer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むちゅん【持ちゅん】

(Verb) To have, to carry, to hold; to posess, to own; to manage, to maintain; to be married; to have a child

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むいくゎ・むいくぁ【毛輪花】

(Noun) Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Okinawa: Kumejima)

むかじ【百足・蜈蚣】

(Noun) Centipede

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むけーん【六回ん】

(Adverb) Six times

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むんぐん【文言】

(Noun) Writing, paper, article; literary writing, literature

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むるてぃ【諸手・双手・両手】

(Noun) Both hands

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むしん

(Noun) Blanket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むったい【六人・6人】

(Noun) Six people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むーち【六・六ち】

(Number) Six

Ryukyu (Yoron)

むーゆい

(Adjective) To love, to like

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みゃーぎ【土産】

(Noun) Present, gift, souvenir

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みゃーく【宮古】

(Name) Miyako, Miyako island

Ryukyu (Amami: Kakeroma)

みゃーろ

(Noun) Chiragra spider conch (Harpago chiragra), spider conch (Lambis)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

みゃんか【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みょーが【冥加】

(Noun) Honour, honor, pride, glory, blessing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みょーじ【名字・苗字】

(Noun) Surname, family name

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーちゃ

(Noun, adverb) Next day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーふぃん

(Adverb) More, even more

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーくー

(Noun) Person from Miyako, Miyakoan

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

なーみゃ

(Noun) Cow

Ryukyu (Yoron)

なーやー

(Expression) Goodbye

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

なべら

(Noun) Luffa, loofah, sponge cucumber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちゅん【鳴ちゅん】

(Verb) To make a sound (animal)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なふだ【名札】

(Noun) Name tag

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ながみ【長雨・霖】

(Noun) Rainy season

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながに

(Noun) Back, one's back

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なぎーん【投ぎーん】

(Noun) To throw, to toss

Ryukyu (Amami)

ないち【内地】

(Noun) Mainland Japan, inner land

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ないち【内地】

(Noun) Mainland Japan, inner land

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ないむん【生い物】

(Noun) Fruit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかび【中日】

(Noun) Middle day, day in the middle, day in-between; second day of Kyū Bon or Obon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまり【鉛】

(Noun) Lead (Pb)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

なんくぁ・なんくゎ【南瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なんてぃん【南天】

(Noun) Sacred bamboo (Nandina domestica)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

なすび

(Noun) Strawberry, strawberries; wild raspberry; Gray's bramble (Rubus grayanus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んだすん【濡だすん・濡すん】

(Verb) To wet, to soak, to drench

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ねーねー【姉々・姉姉】

(Noun) Big sister, older sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ねーらん【無らん】

(Negative verb) To not be, to not have, there is not

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ねーれィ【右】

(Noun) Right, right side

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーぶい【眠い】

(Noun) Sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Kunigami: Nakijin, Yamatu)

にいにい・にーにー【兄々・兄兄】

(Noun) Big brother, older brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Tasting bad, unappetizing, unappetising, unpleasant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Slow (in speed), sluggish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーせー【二才】

(Noun) Young man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にじーん

(Verb) To pinch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にじーん

(Verb) To endure, to put up with, to bear

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にじり【右】

(Noun) Right, right-hand side

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

にこーん【温こーん】

(Sa-Adjective) Warm, mild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんち【年忌】

(Noun) Death anniversary

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

にんぎん【人間】

(Noun) Human, human being, person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんじん【人間】

(Noun) Human, human being, person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんじゅん【寝んじゅん】

(Verb) To sleep; to go to bed, to go to sleep; to lie in bed, to lie down

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんとぅー【年頭】

(Noun) Beginning of the year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んじゃさん【苦さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Bitter

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んかち【昔】

(Noun, adverb) Long time ago, olden, former

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んかし【昔】

(Noun, Adverb) Long ago, a long time ago, the past, former times

Ryukyu (Miyako)

んきゃーん 【昔】

(Noun, adverb) Long time ago, olden, former

Ryukyu (Miyako)

んぬつ【命】

(Noun) Life

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬぶいん【上いん・登いん・昇いん・陞いん】

(Verb) To go up, to ascend, to climb; to head towards an urban center

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬどぅか【長閑・閑】

(Noun) Calm, peaceful, tranquil

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬいむん【乗物・乗い物】

(Noun) Vehicle, transport, transportation, transit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬいむん【塗い物・塗物】

(Noun) Lacquerware, lacquering

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

ぬかで【百足・蜈蚣】

(Noun) Centipede

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ぬクさム【温さム】

(I-Adjective) Warm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬすどぅ【盗人】

(Noun) Thief

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬする【盗人】

(Noun) Thief

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーでぃー【喉】

(Noun) Throat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーし【主】

(Noun) Head (of a household); owner, proprietor

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

おほーほ・オホーホ

(Noun, Adverb) Coughing, cough cough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぱーんとぅ

(Noun) Deity said to bring good luck and ward off evil spirits; annual festival held in Miyako held on the ninth month of the lunisolar calendar

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぱーぱー【祖母】

(Noun) Grandmother, grandma, granny

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

ぱびる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぱびル・ぱびズ

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima)

ぱんめー

(Noun) Provisions, grains, food

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

ぱぴる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

ぱぴる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぱぴる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

ぴーじゃー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぴーぴー

(Noun) Rat, mouse

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

ぴーさー

(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぴーさい【冷さい・寒さい】

(Sa-Adjective) Cold, chilly

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぽーけィ【箒・帚】

(Noun) Broom, sweep, broomstick

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

りんぐぁ・りんぐゎ【煉瓦】

(Noun) Brick

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ろーほー【両方】

(Noun) Both, both sides, both parties

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るぐゎい・るぐぁい【蘆薈】

(Noun) Aloe

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

りゅうか【流歌】

(Noun) Okinawan poetry, Okinawan song, Okinawan poem

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーふん

(Noun) Washbasin, water bowl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーじゃー【鷺】

(Noun) Egret, heron

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーるー【猿】

(Noun) Monkey

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーたー【砂糖】

(Noun) Sugar

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

さばき

(Noun) Comb

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さばく・サバク【煙草】

(Noun) Cigarettes, tobacco

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さばに【鱶船・鱶舟】

(Noun) Fishing boat; row boat; sail boat; a traditional Okinawan Sabani boat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さびら

(Volitional auxiliary) Let's (do); Let us (do)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さちゅん【咲ちゅん】

(Verb) To bloom; to flower, to blossom; to start growing, to germinate, to sprout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さだみ【定・定み】

(Noun) Rule, law, decree, mandate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さなじ

(Noun) Loincloth, underwear; Fundoshi (a sumo wrestler loincloth)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんだー【三郎・三良】

(Name, Noun) Sandā, Sanda; derogatory term for someone of lower rank

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんみん

(Noun) Calculation, counting, count

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんにん

(Noun) Shell ginger (Alpinia zerumbet)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんさい【三才】

(Noun) Three Realms (heaven, earth and humanity), three powers

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima)

さんさん

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さしん【写真】

(Noun) Photograph, photo, picture

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

せーち【才知】

(Noun) Wit, sharpness, intelligence

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

せんきょ【選挙】

(Noun) Election

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しゃーぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

シャープ

(Noun) Shop

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

しばー

(Noun) Lips

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

しぶい

(Noun) Winter melon, white gourd, wax gourd

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちゃ【下】

(Noun) Down, below, under, underneath

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しち【四季】

(Noun) Seasons, four seasons

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しち【閾】

(Noun) Threshold, doorsill, door saddle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しち【式】

(Noun) Ceremony, ritual, rite; style, type; equation, formula

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しち【指揮・指麾】

(Noun) Command, direction

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikei)

しがい

(Noun) Long arm octopus (Octopus minor)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーび【衰微】

(Noun) Decline, deterioration, decay, waning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーぐ

(Noun) Knife, small knife, utility knife

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーじゃ

(Noun, adjective) Oldest, older, eldest, senior; older sibling (brother or sister)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーじ【政治】

(Noun) Politics, government

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーとぅ【生徒】

(Noun) Student, pupil, schoolchild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しじん【自然】

(Noun, adjective, adverb) Nature, natural, naturally

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかー【鹿】

(Noun) Deer, Sika Deer, Spotted Deer, Japanese Deer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しけー【世界】

(Noun) World, society

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

しまー【相撲】

(Noun) Sumo wrestling, sumo wrestler

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しにん【死人】

(Noun) Dead person, the dead

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんじ【煎じ】

(Noun) Decoction

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんみ

(Noun) Main piece, core piece; essential part, core part, main point

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぬん【死ぬん】

(Verb) To die, to perish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しっぱ

(Noun) Stubbornness, obstinance, persistance, tenacity

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しらい【白蟻】

(Noun) Termite

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しらん【虱・蝨】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しりー【煙管】

(Noun) Tobacco pipe, smoking pipe

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

しし【肉】

(Noun) Meat, flesh

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しし【肉】

(Noun) Meat, flesh

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しょーぶ【菖蒲】

(Noun) Sweet flag (Acorus calamus); Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)

Ryukyu (Amami)

しょーが【生姜・生薑・薑】

(Noun) Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しゅゐん【酒宴】

(Noun) Drinking bout

Ryukyu (Miyako: Ogami)

すぃむくス【書物】

(Noun) Book

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーだん【相談】

(Noun) Consultation; counsel, advisement, admonition

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Nakijin, Okinawa: Shuri)

そーがー【生姜・生薑・薑】

(Noun) Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーじょー【蕭条】

(Tu-Adverb) Lonely, dreary, dull

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーみん【素麺・索麺】

(Noun) Somen noodles, thin white noodles made of wheat flour

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikei)

そーみん

(Noun) Commercial top shell (Rochia nilotica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーむん【正物】

(Noun) Genuine thing, genuine article

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーんな

(Noun) Commercial top shell (Rochia nilotica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーのー【樟脳】

(Noun) Camphor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーろー【精霊】

(Noun) Spirit, soul

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーをぅー【相応】

(Noun) Suitability, appropriateness, aptness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すがいん

(Verb) To dress, to dress nicely; to prepare, to get ready

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すぐいん

(Verb) To hit, to beat, to strike

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

すなてぃ

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーまん【小満】

(Noun) The 8th solar term in East-Asian lunisolar calendars (aka Xiaoman, Grain full)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーぬん

(Verb) To sting, to hurt, to be painful

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーさー

(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーてー【世帯・所帯】

(Noun) Household, home, family; housekeeping

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

すーわー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーち【二・二ち】

(Number) Two

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーんな【田蜷】

(Noun) Pond snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri)

たーりー

(Noun) Father, dad

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

たーたー

(Noun) Father, dad, daddy

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

たばく・タバク【煙草】

(Noun) Cigarettes, tobacco

Ryukyu (Amami)

たびる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Miyako: Hirara)

タブク・たぶく【煙草】

(Noun) Cigarette, tobacco

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たちょー【他郷】

(Noun) Another place, elsewhere, foreign land

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たちゅん【立ちゅん・発ちゅん】

(Verb) To stand; to pass (time); to depart; to come to mind

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

たぐゎん・たぐぁん【茶碗】

(Noun) Teacup, tea cup

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

たいし

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たじーん【滾ん・激ん】

(Verb) To boil

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たけーん【二回ん】

(Adverb) Twice, two times

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たみーん【撓みーん・橈みーん】

(Verb) To bend (a branch)

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

たみな

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たなか

(Noun) Between, in the middle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんびー【炭火】

(Noun) Hot charcoal, charcoaled wood, charcoal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんち【短気】

(Noun) Short temper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんめー【たん前】

(Noun) Grandfather; old man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんみー【短命】

(Noun) Short life, short-lived

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

たんなー【田蜷】

(Noun) Pond snail

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

たんにゃ

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんし【箪笥・簞笥】

(Noun) Chest of drawers, dresser

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんてぃー【探偵】

(Noun) Detective, investigator

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たぬみ【頼み・恃み・憑み】

(Noun) Request, ask; dependence, reliance

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

てーどぅん【竹富】

(Noun) Taketomi

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

てーふぁー

(Noun) Joke, jest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーふー【台風・颱風】

(Noun) Typhoon, tropical cyclone, hurricane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーげー・てえげえ【大概】

(Adverb) Generally, in general; mostly, nearly, almost

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーそー

(Noun) Difficulty, challenge, hardship

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーそー【大将】

(Noun) Leader

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーすん

(Verb) To spend; to waste; to run out, to die out

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

とぅない【隣】

(Noun) Neighbour, neighbor, next-door neighbour, neighbouring; nearby, adjacent, next to

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri)

てぃがみ【手紙】

(Noun) Letter, mail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーち【一・一ち】

(Number) One

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーにー【丁寧・叮嚀】

(Noun) Polite, courteous; careful, conscientious

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃっこー【手甲】

(Noun) Back of the hand

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

てぃむとぅ【手元・手許】

(Noun) Chopsticks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんち【天気】

(Noun) Weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんみー【天命】

(Noun) Heaven's decree, mandate of heaven, fate, destiny

Ryukyu (Miyako)

てぃんぱヴ【天蛇】

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんし【天子】

(Noun) The Emperor

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

てぃっぷー【鉄砲・鉄炮】

(Noun) Gun, firearm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃっぷー【鉄砲・鉄炮】

(Noun) Gun, firearm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とんふぁー【旋棍】

(Noun) Tonfa (a wooden Okinawan weapon resembling a side-handle baton)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

とーほん【遠ほん】

(Ha-Adjective) Far, distant

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

つィさ【頬】

(Noun) Cheek, cheeks; face

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅちー【時計】

(Noun) Watch, wristwatch, clock

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅくま【所間】

(Noun) Place, location, area, spot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅまいん【泊まいん・泊いん】

(Verb) To stay at, to lodge at, to spend the night at

Ryukyu (Miyako)

とぅなか

(Noun) Eggs, egg

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

とぅんべー

(Noun) Green chafer (Anomala albopilosa); Midway emerald beetle (Protaetia pryeri)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅんどー【通堂】

(Noun) Tondō, town of Tondō; Tondō pier

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅんじー【冬至】

(Noun) Winter solstice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅんじゅん

(Verb) To jump

Ryukyu (Miyako: Ikema, Irabu, Nagahama, Ogami)

とぅぬか【鳥ぬ子・卵】

(Noun) Eggs, bird eggs, chicken's eggs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅーさん【遠さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Far, distant

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

とぅーせん【遠せん】

(Sa-Adjective) Far, distant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちゃく【御客・う客】

(Noun) Customer, visitor, guest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちみ【憂目・憂ち目】

(Noun) Hardship, misfortune, sorrow, tragedy, grief, distress

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちな【浮名・浮ち名・憂ち名】

(Noun) Rumor of a love affair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちゆ【浮世・浮ち世】

(Noun) Fleeting world, ephemeral world, transient world

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふぁすん

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふばー

(Noun) Aunt, big aunt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふじゃー

(Noun) Senile person, geriatric

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふさん【多さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Many, a lot, plenty, plentiful, abundant, numerous

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

うぐいす 【鶯・鴬】

(Noun) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うほーく【多く】

(Noun) A lot, many, plenty

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

うじらー【鶉】

(Noun) Quail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うかぶ【浮かぶん・泛かぶん】

(Verb) To float, to rise up to the surface

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うきたん【起きたん】

(Verb) Got up, woke up

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うまち

(Noun) Fire

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

うもーり

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うむやー【想やー】

(Noun) Lover, sweetheart, love

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うんちぇー【蕹菜・甕菜】

(Noun) Water spinach, River spinach, Kangkong

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うんなが

(Noun) Sea, ocean

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うんなじ【同じ】

(Noun, adjective) Same, identical, alike

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うらぬん【恨ぬん・怨ぬん・憾ぬん】

(Verb) To resent

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うさーいん【押合いん】

(Verb) To bring together, to join together, to clasp together; to unite, to combine, to merge

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うしる【後る・後】

(Noun) Behind, in back, backside, rear

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

うそさあ・うそさー

(Noun) Liar, fibber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うすめー【御主前】

(Noun) Grandfather; old man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うたさー【唄者・歌者】

(Noun) Singer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うたやー【歌やー】

(Noun) Singer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うとぅげー【頤】

(Noun) Lower jaw

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うとぅし

(Noun) Solar plexus, celiac plexus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うーじゃき【大酒】

(Noun) Heavy drinking, a lot of alcohol

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うーきす【請書・請き書】

(Noun) Letter of acknowledgement, order acknowledgment, invoice, receipt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うーみじ【大水】

(Noun) Flood

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

うやどぅい【親鳥】

(Noun) Parent bird

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うやんとぅ

(Noun) Mouse, rat, rodent

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うゆばん【及ばん】

(Negative verb) Outside of one's control, beyond one's reach; not reachable; to not be a match for

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

うずがん【氏神】

(Noun) Ancestors, spirits

Ryukyu (Yoron, Amami: Kikai)

わーちゃ【我達・吾達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ワーラー

(Noun) Water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わびーん【侘びーん・詫びーん】

(Verb) To apologize; to complain, to whine, to grumble

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わぶく【和睦】

(Noun) Reconciliation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わじゃとぅ【態とぅ・態】

(Adverb) On purpose

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わじーん

(Verb) To be angry, to get angry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかぎ【若木】

(Noun) Young tree, sapling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかいん【分かいん】

(Verb) To understand, to comprehend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかき【若木】

(Noun) Young tree, sapling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わんむん【我ん物・我物】

(Noun) One's own property, one's personal effects; mine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わんねー【我んねー】

(Topicalized pronoun) I, me, myself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わらび【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Yoron)

わらび【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

わらび【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わらび【蕨】

(Noun) Bracken

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

わらび【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わらいん【笑いん】

(Noun) To laugh, to chuckle; to smile, to grin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わりーん【割りーん・破りーん】

(Verb) To break (into pieces), to break apart, to smash; to crack, to split; to separate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わりみ【割目・破目・割り目・破り目】

(Noun) Crack, fissure, crevice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わっさん【悪さん・悪っさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Bad; wrong, incorrect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐきが【男】

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Woman, girl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅどぅいん【踊いん】

(Verb) To dance

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron)

をぅなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Woman, girl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅたいん

(Verb) To be tired

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅとぅく【男】

(Noun) Man, male

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーむん【雄】

(Noun) Male animal, male insect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーち【八・八ち】

(Number) Eight

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

やーちゅ【灸】

(Noun) Moxibustion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーどぅー

(Noun) Lizard, gecko, house gecko, tree gecko, ground gecko

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーるー

(Noun) Lizard, gecko, house gecko, tree gecko, ground gecko

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーさん

(Sa-Adjective) To be hungry, to be famished

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーし【椰子】

(Noun) Palm tree

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やちゅん【焼ちゅん・燬ちゅん・焚ちゅん】

(Verb) To burn; to heat, to grill, to bake, to toast

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

やちゅー【灸】

(Noun) Moxibustion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やどぅや【宿屋】

(Noun) Inn, hotel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やけーん【八回ん】

(Adverb) Eight times

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やっけー【厄介】

(Noun) Trouble, burden; assistance, care, support

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

やっこー

(Noun) Incense stick

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やくみー【役目】

(Noun) Older brother, big brother; middle-aged man, gentleman; title of respect for government officials

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

やます

(Verb) To hurt, to injure

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

やまた

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまとぅ【大和・倭】

(Noun) Japan, mainland Japan

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

やみゅム【病みゅム】

(Verb) To hurt, to be painful, to ache; to be sick, to be ill; to suffer from

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなじ【柳・楊・楊柳】

(Noun) Willow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やんじん【洋銀】

(Noun) Nickel silver, German silver; nickel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やんめー【病】

(Noun) Illness, sickness, ailment, disease

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やしぇー【野菜】

(Noun) Vegetable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やっさー

(Interjection) That's right; Agreed;

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やっさん【安っさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Cheap, inexpensive

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やったい【八人・8人】

(Noun) Eight people

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いぃがわ

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いぃなぐ・ゐなぐ【女子】

(Noun) Woman, girl

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いぃなか 【田舎】

(Noun) Countryside, rural area

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃぬぐ・ゆぃぬぐ・ゐぬぐ【絵ぬ具・絵具】

(Noun) Paints, paint set, paint colours

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃしん・ゆぃしん・ゐしん【維新】

(Noun) Reform, reformation; Meiji Restoration

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

よんなー

(Adverb) Slowly, gently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

よーがー【歪】

(Noun, Adjective) Curved, warped, distorted, crooked

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

よーかー

(Particle) More than, greater than, rather than; from, beginning from

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆじみ【夜詰み】

(Noun) Night work, night duty, night shift

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆけーん【四回ん】

(Adverb) Four times

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

ゆきが【男】

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくいん【憩いん・息いん】

(Verb) To rest, to lie down

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ゆみた

(Noun) Language, dialect, way of talking

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆみや【弓矢】

(Noun) Bow and arrow

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ゆむぬ【夜者】

(Noun) Mouse, rat, rodent

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ゆなは【夜中】

(Noun) Midnight

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆなか【夜中】

(Noun) Midnight

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

ゆのーん【与那国】

(Noun) Yonaguni, Yonaguni Island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆんたん【読谷】

(Name) Yomitan

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆるじ【萬・万】

(Noun) Myriad

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆったい【四人・4人】

(Noun) Four people, four persons

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーばん【夕飯】

(Noun) Evening meal, supper, dinner

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーち【四・四ち】

(Number) Four

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーち【与岐】

(Noun) Broadaxe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーくー【欲・慾】

(Noun) Greed, avarice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーむん【夕物・夜物・夜者】

(Noun) Mouse, rat, rodent

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーりー【幽霊】

(Noun) Ghost, spirit, apparition

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーとぅい【湯取】

(Noun) Bailer (for a boat)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーわー【硫黄】

(Noun) Sulfur, sulphur

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

あーけづ

(Noun) Dragonfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーけーじゅ【秋津】

(Noun) Dragonfly, damselfly

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あーとぅち【暁・曉】

(Noun) Dawn, daybreak

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

あちはん【熱はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Hot (thing)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あちはん【暑はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Hot (weather)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちさん【厚さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Thick

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちさん【暑さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Hot (weather)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちさん【熱さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Hot (thing)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちょーどぅ

(Noun) Merchant, trader, broker

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あどぅぴら

(Noun) Heel

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

あがちゃー

(Noun) Okinawa Rail bird, Yanbaru Kuina

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あがちゃー

(Noun) Laborer, labourer, manual worker

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あはっぐゎ・あはっぐぁ

(Noun) Baby

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

あほ-ぎー

(Noun) Japanese superb fig (Ficus subpisocarpa)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかいゆ【赤魚】

(Noun) Goldfish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかがに【銅・赤金】

(Noun) Copper

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

あかまた

(Noun) Ryukyu odd-tooth snake (Lycodon semicarinatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかんぐゎ・あかんぐぁ【赤子】

(Noun) Baby

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくびょー【悪病・惡病】

(Noun) Bad health, poor health

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくがに【銅・赤金】

(Noun) Copper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくしん【悪心・惡心】

(Noun) Evil thought

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あまいゆ

(Noun) Japanese silver-biddy (Gerres equulus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あまじゃき

(Noun) Vinegar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あまくま

(Adverb) Here and there; from place to place; back and forth; all over; all around

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あまみじ【あま水】

(Noun) Fresh water

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あまやど

(Noun) Storm shutter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみぐむ【雨雲】

(Noun) Rain cloud

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみぐゎー・あみぐぁー【雨小】

(Noun) Light rain, drizzle, sprinkle, mizzle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだぎー【油揚ぎー】

(Noun) Sata andagi, Okinawan doughnut

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんまさん

(Sa-Adjective) Troublesome, difficult, inconvenient

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぬひゃー【彼ぬひゃー】

(Pronoun) That guy; that rascal; he; she

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あっぴたー【兄達】

(Noun) Older brothers

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

あさーにー【朝寝】

(Noun) Sleeping in in the morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさどぅり【朝凪・朝どぅり】

(Noun) Calm of the morning, morning calm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさゆさ

(Noun) Morning and evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしばー【遊ばー】

(Noun) Carouser, wassailer, reveler, drinker, playboy, loafer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしばん【朝飯】

(Noun) Lunch, luncheon, midday meal

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あしぶん【遊ぶん】

(Verb) To play, to go out to play; to enjoy; to loiter, to idle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしぶん【遊ぶん】

(Verb) To play, to go out to play; to enjoy; to loiter, to idle

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あトまゆム【集まゆム】

(Verb) To gather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あったぶい【あった降い】

(Noun) Sudden rain shower

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima: Hetono)

あうぬぎゃ

(Noun) Ryukyu green snake (Cycophiops semicarinatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あわてぃーん【慌てぃーん】

(Verb) To be in a hurry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あやっさん【危っさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dangerous, hazardous, risky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばーちー

(Noun) Aunt (younger than one's parent); auntie, lady, ma'am

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばーぐゎー・ばーぐぁー

(Noun) Youngest aunt

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ばらざん【藁算】

(Noun) Barazan ropes, an accounting system consisting of knotted ropes of straw

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばさない【芭蕉生い・芭蕉実】

(Noun) Banana, plantain

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ばそない【芭蕉生い】

(Noun) Banana

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

びびじゃー【蚯蚓】

(Noun) Earthworm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びーちゃー

(Noun) Shrew, shrew mouse; Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus), Asian musk shrew

Ryukyu (Miyako)

びきどぅん

(Noun) Man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びんちょー【勉強】

(Noun) Study

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

びんがに【指金】

(Noun) Ring

Ryukyu (Amami)

ぼいむん【ぼい物】

(Noun) Food

Ryukyu (Amami)

ぼーぶら

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びょーち【病気】

(Noun) Illness, sickness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃーし

(Adverb) Why, how come, what for, for what reason

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃっさん【沢山】

(Adverb) A lot, many, too much

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちばいん【気張いん】

(Verb) To do one's best; to keep it up; to persist

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ちばら

(Noun) Clothes, clothing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぶみ【蕾・莟】

(Noun) Bud, flower bud

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron, Kunigami, Okinawa)

ちぶる【頭】

(Noun) Head; smart person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちちゅん【聞ちゅん】

(Verb) To listen, to hear; to ask

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちでぃり【硯】

(Noun) Inkstone

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーち

(Noun) Scenery, landscape, view; outlook, situation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーがー

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーるー【黄色】

(Noun) Yellow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじゃく【鍮石】

(Noun) Brass

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじーん【禁じーん】

(Verb) To stop, to block, to prevent; to prohibit, to forbid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちかいん【使いん】

(Transitive Verb) To use, to employ

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちかみ【近眼・近目】

(Noun) Myopia, near-sightedness, short-sightedness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちかた

(Noun) Plot, land, estate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちくく

(Noun) Owl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちくぃー【聞くぃー】

(Noun) Reputation, fame

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちまま【気まま・気儘】

(Noun) Selfishness, egotism; carefreeness, insouciance

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむえー

(Noun) Reason, significance, meaning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむり【煙】

(Noun) Smoke, fumes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんばー【金歯】

(Noun) Gold tooth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんぶん【検分・見分】

(Noun) Inspection, examination

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんぶん【見聞】

(Noun) Knowledge, personal experience, observation, information

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

ちんがー

(Noun) Water well

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんくゎ・ちんくぁ【金瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri, Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Akajima)

ちんなん

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんりー【県令・縣令】

(Noun) Prefectural governor

Ryukyu (Yoron, Okinawa)

ちんし

(Noun) Knee

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ちにゅー【昨日】

(Noun, adverb) Yesterday

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちらいん【嫌いん】

(Verb) To dislike, to hate, to detest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちりーん【切りーん】

(Verb) To be cut, to be severed, to be cut off; to break, to snap, to tear; to be sharp, to cut well

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちさな【萵苣菜・苣菜】

(Noun) Lettuce

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちとぅみ【勤み・務み】

(Noun) Duty, service, work

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちょーでー【兄弟】

(Noun) Siblings, brothers and sisters

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちょーみー【長命】

(Noun) Long life, long-lived

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Sesoko)

ちょーれー【兄弟】

(Noun) Siblings, brothers and sisters

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅけーん【一回ん】

(Adverb) One time, once

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅくいん【作いん】

(Verb) To make, to produce

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅんじー【象棋】

(Noun) Xiangqi, Chinese chess, elephant chess

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ちゅんなん

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーばー【強ばー】

(Noun) Strong person, the strong

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

ちゅーはん【強はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Strong, powerful; robust, durable, resistant, tough, sturdy

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

ちゅーかー【千代香・茶家】

(Noun) Teapot

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だいどぅぶ【大丈夫】

(Noun, adjective, adverb) Okay, ok, alright, all right, fine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だますん【騙すん・瞞すん】

(Verb) To deceive, to fool, to trick

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だんがみ【だん瓶】

(Noun) Water jug

Kyushu (Kagoshima), Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

だんがさ【蘭傘】

(Noun) Umbrella, Western-style umbrella

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だるさん【怠さん・懈さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Tired, fatigued, worn-out, exhausted

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でーびる・デービル

(Verb) Have a (good time, happy new year), it is ~

Ryukyu (Yoron)

でーくに【大根】

(Noun) Daikon radish, White radish, Japanese radish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でーくに【大根】

(Noun) Daikon radish, White radish, Japanese radish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

でぃきやー

(Noun) Gifted person, talented person, genius, prodigy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どーしー【同性】

(Noun) Homosexual, homosexuality, same sex

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どーすく【蝋燭・蠟燭】

(Noun) Candle

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅんぐや【十五夜】

(Noun) Night of a full moon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅーぶく【道服】

(Noun) Traditional cross-collar robe or jacket worn by men

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

どぅーしー【雑炊】

(Noun) Okinawan dish consisting of rice boiled in water mixed in with pork, kelp and other vegetables; rice porridge, rice gruel, congee

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぁーふじ

(Noun) Grandparents

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふぁーじゃみ【歯病み】

(Noun) Toothache

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ふぁーっとー

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふぁびらー

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぁなし【話・話し】

(Noun) Talk, speech, discussion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーいる【灰色】

(Noun) Grey, gray, ashen

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーかじ【南風】

(Noun) South wind, southerly wind, southern wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーわじゃ【早業】

(Noun) Quick work

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃふぁち

(Noun) Balinese long pepper (Piper retrofractum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーかじ【冷風・寒風】

(Noun) Cold wind, cold breeze, chilly breeze

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじゃやー【左やー】

(Noun) Left-handed person, left-hander

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじげー【肘・肘げー】

(Noun) Elbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじもー【髭もー】

(Noun) A person without a beard, a beardless person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃくさん【低さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Low

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぃんとぅな【辺土名】

(Name) Hentona, Hentona area

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃぬち【檜】

(Noun) Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃらぐん【平組・平組ん】

(Noun) Flat braid; queue hairstyle; braided hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃるさん【広さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Spacious, wide, broad, large

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃさなー【足甲】

(Noun) Top of the foot

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふぉーちゃー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ふぉーむぬ

(Noun) Food

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ふぉーたむ

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Thanks for preparing the food; I enjoyed my meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふちか【二日・2日】

(Noun) The second (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ふかるー

(Noun) Ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふかさん【深さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Deep; close (relationship)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふかすん

(Verb) To boil

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふみち

(Noun) Heat, hot weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふなぬい【船乗】

(Noun) Sailor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふりむん

(Noun) Idiot, stupid, fool, dolt

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふるまい【古米】

(Noun) Old rice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふるやー【古家・古屋】

(Noun) Old house, old dwelling

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ふしく

(Noun) Scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふーがいん【広がいん・拡がいん】

(Verb) To spread, to expand, to extend, to stretch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーじら

(Noun) Cheek, cheeks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がふぁし

(Noun) Stubbornness, obstinacy

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

がじゃまー

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がくむん【学問】

(Noun) Academic study, knowledge, wisdom, learning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がんちょー【眼鏡】

(Noun) Glasses

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

がんまり

(Noun) Prank, playing tricks, messing around

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

がらち【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Okinawa, Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: A...

がらさー【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

がらし【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がらし【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

がりまん【榕樹】

(Noun) Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)

Ryukyu (Amami, Kikai)

がるさー【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ごんなじ

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ごーなじ

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ごーにじ

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐいし【碁石】

(Noun) Go stone

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐうち【碁打ち】

(Noun) Go player

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐまさん

(Sa-Adjective) Small, little, tiny

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐにち【五日・5日】

(Noun) The fifth (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐるくん

(Noun) Gurukun fish, double-lined fusilier, darkbanded fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぐしく【御塞・ぐ塞】

(Noun) Stone wall, stone fence

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐとぅし【如し】

(Noun) Like, as if

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

ぐーじら【鯨】

(Noun) Whale

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ぐゎはいん・ぐぁはいん【分はいん】

(Verb) To understand, to comprehend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐぁんたん・ぐゎんたん【元旦】

(Noun) New Year's Day

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ぐゎらび・ぐぁらび【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーやみ【歯病み】

(Noun) Toothache

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

はべーら

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

はべーる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちか【二十日・20日】

(Noun) The twentieth (day of the month); twenty days

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はでぃち

(Noun) Tattoo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はどーび【肌帯】

(Noun) Loincloth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はいちぇー【海賊】

(Noun) Pirate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじち【針突・針突ち】

(Noun) Tattoo, tattooing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじまい【始まい】

(Noun) Beginning, start, origin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はくぶ【運ぶん】

(Verb) To carry, to transport

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はくし【白紙】

(Noun) White paper, blank paper

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

はまち

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなぎー【鼻毛】

(Noun) Nose hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなもー【鼻もー】

(Noun) A person without a nose; a person with a saddle nose

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなすん【話すん】

(Verb) To speak, to talk

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなをぅー【鼻緒】

(Noun) Sandal strap

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はんがま【羽釜】

(Noun) Pot, iron pot used for cooking rice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんきーん

(Verb) To peel; to pull back

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

はぬせィ

(Noun) Potato, sweet potato

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はっぱいん

(Verb) To open wide, to pry open; to open one's eyes wide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はらがー【腹皮】

(Noun) Pork belly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はさぬん【挟ぬん・挾ぬん・挿ぬん】

(Verb) To put between, to hold between; to hold on both sides, to clamp, to pincer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はしる

(Noun) Door

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はたち【二十・20】

(Noun) Twenty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はたち【二十歳・20歳】

(Noun) Twenty years old

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

へーがさ【蠅瘡】

(Noun) Eczema, scabies; blisters, acne, rash, pimples

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ひぐんき【飛行機】

(Noun) Airplane, aeroplane, plane, aircraft

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

ひーづぁー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひじゃやー【左やー】

(Noun) Left-handed person, left-hander

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひじげー【肘・肘げー】

(Noun) Elbow

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ひもじい

(I-Adjective) Hungry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひろさー

(Noun) Humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ひやかい

(Noun) Kuroiwa's ground gecko (Goniurosaurus kuroiwae)

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Okinawa)

ほーちゃー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ほーちょー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ほーちゅー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ほーちゅー

(Noun) Cook, chef

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひょーばん【評判】

(Noun) Reputation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひゅーさー

(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゃんだ

(Noun) Free of charge, free, gratis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちち【五・五ち】

(Number) Five

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

いちまん【糸満】

(Proper Noun) Itoman, Itoman City

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちむん【生ち物】

(Noun) Animal, living thing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちたい【五人・5人】

(Noun) Five people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちわい【偽い・詐い】

(Noun) Lie, falsehood

Ryukyu (Amami: Yuwan, Okinawa)

いちゅびー【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, strawberries

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

いちゅんび【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Yoron)

いきむぬ【生き物】

(Noun) Animal, living thing

Ryukyu (Amami: Oshima)

いきやぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いくけーん【幾回ん】

(Adverb) How many times

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いきゃっさ

(Adverb, noun) How much

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いまいゆ

(Noun) Freshly harvested fish, fresh fish

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

いんぴとぅ【海人】

Fisherman

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いんがはん【苦はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Bitter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんじりー・インジリー

(Noun) Great Britain; United Kingdom

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いんぬくゎ・いんぬくぁ【犬ぬくゎ・犬ぬくぁ】

(Noun) Dog

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いリぐち【入口】

(Noun) Entrance, entryway; inlet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりちー

(Noun) Stir-fried, fried, sauteed, sautéed, cooked

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin, Kunigami: Nakijin)

いりちー【鱗】

(Noun) Scale (of a fish or reptile); dandruff

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりかじ【西風】

(Noun) West wind, westerly wind, western wind

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

いりむてぃ【西表】

(Noun) Iriomote

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

いしゃとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしべー【石灰】

(Noun) Lime, quicklime

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いったむん

(Noun) Something necessary, necessity

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じぇーむく【材木】

(Noun) Timber, lumber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゅーしー【雑炊】

(Noun) Okinawan dish consisting of rice boiled in water mixed in with pork, kelp and other vegetables; rice porridge, rice gruel, congee

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーさば【革さば】

(Noun) Leather sandals, leather flip-flops

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かばさん【香さん・芳さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Fragrant, aromatic

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かだんく

(Noun) Mosquito

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじとぅい【舵取・舵取い・楫取・楫取い】

(Noun) Steering, guiding; helmsman, coxswain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじゅーいん 【数いん】

(Verb) To count

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かかし【案山子】

(Noun) Scarecrow

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Amami, Kikai)

かまち

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かまさー【梭子魚・梭魚・魳・魣】

(Noun) Barracuda (Sphyraena)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

かみむん

(Noun) Food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かむろー

(Noun) Kappa (a mythical reptillian creature that inhabits rivers)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かなむん【金物】

(Noun) Metalware, metal tool, metal instrument; metal fitting

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かなさん【愛さん・悲さん・哀さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dear, beloved, lovely, endearing, adorable, cute, pretty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんぐく【監獄】

(Noun) Prison

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんなじ【必じ】

(Adverb) Undoubtebly, certainly, surely, assuredly, definitely

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

かんぷに

(Noun) Cartilage

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

からーじ

(Noun) Hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からさん【辛さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Spicy, strong, hot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からし【軽石】

(Noun) Pumice (stone)

Ryukyu (Amami)

からせィ【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かるぬん【軽ぬん】

(Verb) To give birth; to become lighter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたばい【肩張い】

(Noun) Shoulder swelling, shoulder tension, stiff shoulder

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたぶい【片降い・偏降い】

(Noun) Passing rain shower, sunshower, sudden downpour, localized rain, microburst

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたでぃー【片手】

(Noun) One hand, one-handed

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたどぅー

(Noun) One side of the body, half of the body

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたいび【語部・語い部】

(Noun) Storyteller

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたさん【固さん・堅さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Hard, solid; tough, stiff, firm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かてぃむん

(Noun) Side dish

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

けーむぬ【食物】

(Noun) Food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きぶさん【煙さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Smoky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きだむん【獣】

(Noun) Beast, creature, animal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーびさ【木びさ】

(Noun) Stilts

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーふじ

(Noun) Powder puff tree (Barringtonia racemosa)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーじり【木切り】

(Noun) Piece of wood, scrap wood

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーくさ【木草】

(Noun) Vegetation, greenery, grass and trees

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーむむ【毛桃】

(Noun) Peach, hairy peach

Ryukyu (Amami: Oshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu)

きやーぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

こほんか【九日・9日】

(Noun) The ninth (day of the month); nine days

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

こほのト【九】

(Number) Nine

Ryukyu (Amami)

こーびる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーいむん【買い物・買物】

(Noun) Shopping

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikeijima)

こーもり【蝙蝠】

(Noun) Bat

Ryukyu (Amami: Naze)

こうなぎ

(Noun) Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くふぁさん【強さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Hard, firm, rigid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くくむい

(Noun) Bud, flower bud

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くみかん【顳顬・蟀谷・顳】

(Noun) Temple (on the head)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くなすん

(Verb) To trample on; to mistreat, to oppress, to abuse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くなすん【熟すん】

(Verb) To digest; to work the soil, to till, to cultivate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くねーだ【此間】

(Adverb, noun) The other day; a while back; recently

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

くんがに【黄金】

(Noun) Gold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くにち【九日・9日】

(Noun) The ninth (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぬめー【くぬ間ー】

(Adverb) Recently, lately, during this time, at the time

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

くぬむん

(Verb) To plan

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぬぬん

(Noun) To plan, to scheme

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くらさん【暗さん・昏さん・冥さん・闇さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dark; gloomy, somber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くらすん【暮らすん】

(Verb) To live

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くりさん【苦さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Painful, difficult, challenging; heartbreaking

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるまー【車ー・車人】

(Noun) Rickshaw driver, rickshaw puller

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるぬん【黒ぬん】

(Verb) To become black, to blacken, to darken

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるさん【黒さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Black, dark

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるすん【殺すん】

(Verb) To kill, to sacrifice; to hit, to strike, to beat, to punish

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

くさはん【臭はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Smelly, stinky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすし【薬師】

(Noun) Doctor

Ryukyu (Amami)

くぅとぅし【今年】

(Noun, adverb) This year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くとぅし【今年】

(Noun, adverb) This year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎーし・くぁーし【菓子】

(Noun) Pastry, sweets, confectionery

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎーすん・くぁーすん

(Verb) To fish, to catch (fish), to angle

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

くぁむや・くゎむや

(Noun) Babysitter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎんふぁー・くぁんふぁー【官話】

(Noun) Mandarin, Mandarin language

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎんにん・くぁんにん【官人】

(Noun) Public servant, civil servant, government official

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

くゎんそー・くぁんそー【甘草】

(Noun) Liquorice root, licorice root

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎんとぅん・くぁんとぅん【広東】

(Name) Guangzhou, Guangzhou city, Canton

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっぱん【活版】

(Noun) Printing, letterpress printing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぇーち【快気】

(Noun) Recovery

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぇーむん

(Noun) Food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぇーてー【懐胎】

(Noun) Conception, gestation, pregnancy

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

きゃーげぃ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Miyako)

きゃーんぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

まーづぇー

Grasshopper, locust

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

まーはーん【旨はーん・美味はーん・甘はーん・上手はーん・巧はーん】

(Ha-Adjective) Delicious, tasty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーくさ

(Noun) A lot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーみな【豆菜】

(Noun) Bean sprout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぶやー

(Noun) Soul, spirit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちぎ【睫毛・睫・まち毛】

(Noun) Eyelash, eyelashes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちり【祭・祭り】

(Noun) Festival

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぎさん

(Sa-Adjective) Large, big

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まじむん【蠱物】

(Noun) Evil spirit, apparition, ghost

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まなぶん【学ぶん・學ぶん】

(Verb) To learn

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんびき

(Noun) Mahi-mahi fish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんぐら

(Noun) Near, beside, by

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんじゅく【満足・滿足】

(Noun) Satisfaction

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんまる【真ん丸・真ん円・眞ん圓】

(Noun) Perfect circle

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

まんなは【真ん中・真中】

(Noun) Middle, centre

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんなか【真ん中・真中・眞中】

(Noun) Middle, centre

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんさく【満作・滿作・万作】

(Noun) Productive harvest, bumper crop

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

マンテル

(Noun) Mantle, cloak

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まるばい

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

またさん

(Sa-Adjective) Complete, perfect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーあさ【毎朝】

(Noun, Adverb) Every morning

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

めーちゃん

(Noun) Underwear

Ryukyu (Yoron)

めーらび

(Noun) Beautiful woman, pretty woman, pretty girl

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Kunigami: Nakijin)

めーらび【女童】

(Noun) Daughter, young woman, girl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みちす【満潮】

(Noun) High tide, full tide, high water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みがち

(Noun) Inscription

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむく【新婿】

(Noun) Bridegroom

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーなだ【目涙】

(Noun) Tear, tears

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーわく

(Noun) Disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みじょーき【箕じょーき】

(Noun) Winnowing basket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みっくゎー・みっくぁー

(Noun) Blind person

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

めィまゆ【目眉】

(Noun) Eyebrow, eyebrows

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

みみだー【蚯蚓】

(Noun) Earthworm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみがー【耳皮・耳がー】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみぐい【耳ぐい】

(Noun) Cloud ear fungus (Auricularia polytricha)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみじゃー【蚯蚓】

(Noun) Earthworm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みむち【身持ち・身持】

(Noun) Behaviour, behavior, conduct, manners

Ryukyu (Miyako)

みんばに【耳ばに】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みんぶる

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みんたう【耳朶・耳たぶ】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みんたま【目ん玉・眼ん玉】

(Noun) Eyeball

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

みんたり【耳たり】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

みしま【美島】

(Noun) Beautiful island

Ryukyu (Amami)

みしょれ

(Verb) Please eat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みそち【三十・30】

(Noun) Thirty

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

もいしゅん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima: Kanami)

もーいせぃ

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Amami: Yuwan)

もーしゅい

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Amami: Naze)

もりすん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むどぅすん【戻すん】

(Verb) To give back, to return, to send back; to vomit, to throw up

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むじゅくい・むぢゅくい【毛作い・毛作】

(Noun) Crop, harvest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むかじゃー【百足・蜈蚣】

(Noun) Centipede

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むんちゃん

(Noun) Small person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むんじゃーい

(Noun) Hives, urticaria

Ryukyu (Yoron)

むれーじ

(Noun) Doubled-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むるし

(Noun) Lump, clump, chunk, mass; cluster

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むさっとぅ

(Adverb) Not at all; not in the least; not one bit; by no means

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むそち【六十・60】

(Noun) Sixty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むすぶん【結ぶん】

(Verb) To tie, to bind; to link, to connect; to unite, to form a bond, to tie the knot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むたぶん

(Verb) To play with, to toy with, to tinker with

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むーちー・むうちい【餅・餠・糯】

(Noun) Mochi, sticky rice cake, rice dumpling, zongzi

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーだに【菜種】

(Noun) Rapeseed

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

なーみゃー

(Noun) Cow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なびげー【鍋匙・鍋匕】

(Noun) Ladle

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago, Kunigami: Benoki)

ながはん【長はん・永はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Long

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながじゅー

(Noun) Green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながむん【長物】

(Noun) Something long; snake

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながにん【長年】

(Noun) Many years, long time

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながさん【長さん・永さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Long

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながし【流し】

(Noun) Early summer rain; downpour, rainfall

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ないをぅー【生苧・生麻】

(Noun) Ryukyu fiber banana (Musa balbisiana var. liukiuensis), plantain

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

ないちゃー【内地人】

(Noun) Person from the mainland, outsider, mainlander

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なっくぇー

(Particle) And more, and such, and others, et cetera

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまむん【生物】

(Noun) Raw food, uncooked food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまさん【生さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Raw, uncooked; insensitive, crude

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまし【膾・鱠】

(Noun) Dish of raw fish marinated in vinegar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ななち【七・七ち】

(Number) Seven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ななたい【七人・7人】

(Noun) Seven people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なんちん【南京】

(Name) Nanjing, Nanking

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka, Okinawa: Kumejima)

なんくぁー・なんくゎー【南瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

なんくぁん・なんくゎん【南瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

なんくゎん・なんくぁん【南瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ならし【均し・平し】

(Noun) Ring finger

Ryukyu (Yoron)

なるかん

(Noun) Japanese squash, Kabocha squash, Japanese pumpkin

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

なっちゃー【明日】

(Noun, adverb) Tomorrow

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

にーびき

(Noun) Marriage, wedding

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にじむん

(Verb) To pinch

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

にっきり【鋸】

(Noun) Saw, hand saw, nokogiri

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

にんばた【北側】

(Noun) North side

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんがき【念がき・念掛き・念懸き】

(Noun) Aspiration, intention, desire, wish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんぐる【懇・懇る】

(Noun) Lover, sweetheart, love

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にっすく【日食・日蝕】

(Noun) Solar eclipse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬじゅぬん【望ぬん】

(Verb) To desire, to hope, to wish, to want

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬくさん【温さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Warm, mild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬくすん【残すん・遺すん】

(Verb) To leave behind

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Motobu)

ぬるばん【算盤・十露盤】

(Noun) Abacus

Kyushu (Kagoshima), Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

ぬしど【盗人】

(Noun) Thief

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬすむん【盗むん】

(Verb) To steal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーがら【何がら】

(Adverb) Somewhat, a little, kind of

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーんち【何んち】

(Adverb) Why, how come, what for

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーだむん【青焚物・青薪】

(Noun) Green wood, unseasoned wood

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

おーなじゃー

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

ぱぴぅる

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ぱるさー

(Noun) Farmer

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikeijima)

ぴーちゃー

(Noun) Shrew, shrew mouse; Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus), Asian musk shrew

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

ぺィみざ

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ぽーちゃー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ぽーちょー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ぽっつぁー【包丁・庖丁】

(Noun) Kitchen knife

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

っぴーだー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

らふてー【羅火腿】

(Noun) Rafute (pork belly stewed in soy sauce, awamori and brown sugar)

Kyushu (Kagoshima), Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

らんがさ【蘭傘】

(Noun) Umbrella, Western-style umbrella

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ろーすく【蝋燭・蠟燭】

(Noun) Candle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さばち

(Noun) Comb

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

さばち

(Noun) Comb

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

さばつぃ

(Noun) Comb

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さかはん【高はん・高価はん】

(Ha-Adjective) High, tall; expensive, costly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さかんき【逆剥き】

(Noun) Hangnail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さきけー【酒けー】

(Noun) Heavy drinker

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

さくはん

(Ha-Adjective) Brittle, fragile, weak

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

さくほー【百姓】

(Noun) Farmer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さむれー【侍・士】

(Noun) Samurai warrior, soldier

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

さなげー【手長・草蝦】

(Noun) Freshwater shrimp, freshwater prawn

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんぐく【三国・三國】

(Noun) Three countries

Ryukyu (Okinawa), Honshu (Standard)

さんしん【三線】

(Noun) Sanshin; Okinawan three-stringed instrument

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

せーいか

(Noun) Diamondback squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

せーせき【成績】

(Noun) Results; grades

Ryukyu (Amami)

しゃーとー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

しぇーふー【台風・颱風】

(Noun) Typhoon, tropical cyclone, hurricane

Ryukyu (Amami: Naze, Tokunoshima, Yoron)

しぶた

(Noun) Frigate tuna (Auxis thazard)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちゅん【好ちゅん】

(Verb) To like, to be fond of, to fancy

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

しだり

(Noun) Hand towel, tenugui

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しでぃーん

(Verb) To hatch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しでぃに【既に・已に】

(Adverb) Already too late; already, previously

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu: Wadomari, Yoron, Kunigami, Okinawa)

しぐとぅ【仕事】

(Noun) Work, job, labour, labor, task

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

しぐとぅ【仕事】

(Noun) Work, job, labour, labor, task

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーぶん

(Noun) Free gift with purchase, lagniappe, freebie, reward, bonus, something extra

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーくゎ・しーくぁ【西瓜・水瓜】

(Noun) Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーむん【吸物】

(Noun) Clear soup with a dashi broth base

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーむん【酸物】

(Noun) Sour food, sour thing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーさー・しいさあ

(Noun) Guardian dog-lion statue, Shishi lion, Shisa

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーさん【酸さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Sour, acid, tart

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーし【煤】

(Noun) Soot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しじか【静か】

(Noun) Quiet, quietness, tranquility, tranquil

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しじく

(Adverb) Frequently, often, constantly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかき【仕掛・仕掛き】

(Noun) Device, contraption, mechanism; trap, snare; beginning, start

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかく【四角】

(Noun) Square

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかま

(Noun) Labor or service provided to pay off debt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかま

(Noun) Morning

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しっかい

(Adverb) Really; a lot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しまいん【住まいん】

(Verb) To live, to reside

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しむる【巣守・毈】

(Noun) Egg left in a nest without hatching

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しむさ

(Expression) Ok, okay, alright, all right, fine

Ryukyu (Kikai: Wan)

しむとぅ【書物】

(Noun) Book

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんびー【煎餅】

(Noun) Rice cracker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんち【疝気】

(Noun) Colic

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima, Okinawa)

しんどぅー【船頭】

(Noun) Boatman, ferryman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しっぱー

(Noun) Stubborn person, obstinate person, persistant person, tenacious person

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

しらぎ【白髪】

(Noun) White hair, grey hair

Chubu (Fukui), Kansai (Hyogo, Kyoto: Ayabe), Chugoku (Hirosh...

しらめ【虱・蝨】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

しらみ【虱・蝨】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

してぃーん【捨てぃーん・棄てぃーん】

(Verb) To throw (away, aside), to discard, to toss (away, aside); to abandon, to forsake

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

してぃーん【捨てぃーん・棄てぃーん】

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

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

しょんげェ【生姜・生薑・薑】

(Noun) Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しゅーぶん【秋分】

(Noun) Autumn equinox

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

せィかま

(Noun) Morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーがな【草仮名】

(Noun) Sōgana writing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーんぐゎ・そーんぐぁ

(Noun) Biological child

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すむち【書物】

(Noun) Book

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

すんがてぃ【正月】

(Noun) New Year's

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すんしー【筍絲】

(Noun) Dried and shredded bamboo shoots

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すぬばん【算盤・十露盤】

(Noun) Abacus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すぬめー【主ぬ前】

(Noun) Mister (Mr.), sir; husband

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すらはん【清らはん・美らはん】

(Ha-Adjective) Beautiful, lovely, darling, pretty, elegant

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すらむん

(Noun) Pickled vegetables, Tsukemono

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

するばん【算盤・十露盤】

(Noun) Abacus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

するるー

(Noun) Silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すてぃち【蘇鉄】

(Noun) Sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

すーぐむ【白雲】

(Noun) White cloud

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーみじ【塩水】

(Noun) Salt water

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

すーさじ【白鷺】

(Noun) Egret, white heron

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーちゅー

(Noun) Twins, twin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たぼーり【給ぼーり・賜ぼーり】

(Imperative Verb) Please be, please let it, I pray that (something happens)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たちじ【薪・焚ち木・焚木】

(Noun) Firewood

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たでーま【只今】

(Noun) Right now, right away, immediately

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たかでー【高代】

(Noun) Expensive, high price

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago, Kunigami: Benoki)

たかはん【高はん・高価はん】

(Ha-Adjective) High, tall; expensive, costly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たかさん【高さん・高価さん】

(Sa-Adjective) High, tall; expensive, costly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たきどぅん【竹富】

(Noun) Taketomi

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たくぶん

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たくむん

(Verb) To scheme

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

たまち【魂】

(Noun) Soul, spirit

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Miyako)

たまなー【玉菜】

(Noun) Cabbage

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たみし【試し・験し・験】

(Noun) Try, attempt; test, trial

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たみし【例・様・例し】

(Noun) Precedent, example, instance, case; evidence, proof, sign

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たながー【手長・草蝦】

(Noun) Freshwater shrimp, freshwater prawn

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たなげー【手長・草蝦】

(Noun) Freshwater shrimp, freshwater prawn

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんばく【炭箱】

(Noun) Charcoal storage box, coal storage box

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

たんびる

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たんちゃー

(Noun) Short-tempered person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たれーいん【足れーいん】

(Noun) To add, to supplement

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たしき【助き】

(Noun) Help, assistance, aid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たうちー【闘鶏】

(Noun) Cockfight, cockfighting; gamecock, game fowl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーくく【大国・大國】

(Noun) Big country, major power

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てんぶす

(Noun) Navel, belly, belly button

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃだーみ【天道雨・太陽雨】

(Noun) Sun shower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃがかい【手掛かい・手懸かい】

(Noun) Clue

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんさぐ

(Noun) Balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーちょー【東京】

(Name) Tokyo

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

ったーち【二・二ち】

(Number) Two

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅかきん

(Noun) Dogtooth tuna (Gymnosarda unicolor)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅめーいん

(Verb) To locate, to find, to search, to pick up, to come across

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅんじーん

(Verb) To jump

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

とぅぬげー

(Noun) Grasshopper, locust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅぬじゅん

(Verb) To jump

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うびがま

(Adverb) Just a little, just a bit

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うぶかでぃ【大風】

(Noun) Typhoon, tropical cyclone, hurricane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちなー【沖縄】

(Noun) Okinawa

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちわー【内輪】

(Noun) Inner circle, inner group, family circle, private matter, family matter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふはば【大幅】

(Noun) Unit of measurement for the width of cloth equivalent to two shakus (approximately 75.758 cm); wide piece of cloth, cloth that is twice as wide as normal

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

うふかじ【大風】

(Noun) Typhoon, tropical cyclone, hurricane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うがんじゅー【う頑丈・御頑丈】

(Noun) Healthy, well, fine, in good health

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぐいし【鶯・鴬】

(Noun) Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うじゅんびー【埋火】

(Noun) Banked fire

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

うかびゅム【浮びゅム・泛びゅム】

(Verb) To float, to rise up to the surface

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うくやま【奥山】

(Noun) Deep in the mountains

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うまちー【御祭】

(Noun) Harvest festival

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うまんちゅ【御真人・御万人】

(Noun) The public, the people, the masses, the many

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うめーし

(Noun) Chopsticks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみかじ【海風】

(Noun) Sea breeze

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinawa)

うみんちゅ【海人】

(Noun) Fisherman, fishermen; diver

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみんぐゎ・うみんぐぁ【御御子・御御ん子】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみわじゃ【海業】

(Noun) Marine industry, maritime industry, fishing industry

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

うもーれィ

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うむっさん

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

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うにんがー【辺野喜川】

(Name) Benoki river

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ウランダー・うらんだー

(Noun) Westerner, European, White person, Caucasian

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うらしー【浦添】

(Name) Urasoe, Urasoe City

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うれーたー【己達】

(Noun) Everyone, everybody

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うさーすん【押合すん】

(Noun) To bring together, to join together, to clasp together; to unite, to combine, to merge

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うさだみ【御定・御定み・う定み】

(Noun) Heaven's decree, mandate of heaven, fate, destiny

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

うしりょ【後りょ・後】

(Noun) Behind, in back, backside, rear

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うしさん【遅い・鈍い・晩い・遲い】

(Sa-Adjective) Late

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うそーろー【御精霊】

(Noun) Spirit, soul; Kyū Bon, Obon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うたぐゎー【歌小・唄小・詩小】

(Noun) Short Ryukyuan poem, Ryukyuan short-form poetry; short Ryukyuan song

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うーまくー

(Noun) Mischievous person, naughty child, troublemaker, miscreant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うーとーとぅ【嗚呼尊】

(Expression) A phrase recited by women at the beginning of a prayer to a god or Buddha

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うやっくゎ・うやっくぁ【親子】

(Noun) Parent and child

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うやむとぅ【親元・親許】

(Noun) One's parents' home

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかさん【若さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Young

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わらばー【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Amami)

わらべィ【童】

(Noun) Child, children, kid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わしーん【忘しーん】

(Verb) To forget

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

わしき

(Noun) Weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わした【我達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わたじん【綿衣】

(Noun) Winter clothing, winter clothes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わたんす

(Noun) Winter clothing, winter clothes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅばまー

(Noun) Aunt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅじゃさー

(Noun) Uncle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅかさん【可笑さん・奇怪さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Funny, ridiculous, hilarious

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅんちゅー

(Noun) Uncle; uncle-in-law; old man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅとーてぃ【居とーてぃ】

(Particle) In, at

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

やーちょー【灸】

(Noun) Moxibustion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーちゅー【灸】

(Noun) Moxibustion

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Naha)

やっちー

(Noun) Big brother, older brother, young man

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やいびーん

(Verb) To be; copula

Ryukyu (Yoron, Okinawa)

やくげー【夜光貝】

(Noun) Marbled turban (Turbo marmoratus), great green turban

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やますん

(Verb) To hurt, to injure

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなみー【嫌な目・やな目】

(Noun) Bad experience, unpleasant experience

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなむん【やな者・やな物】

(Noun) Bad person; monster, demon, fiend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やしが

(Conjunction) But, however

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やしみ【休み・休】

(Noun) Rest, break, absence, leave, time off, vacation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やそち【八十・80】

(Noun) Eighty

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

やっつぉー【灸】

(Noun) Moxibustion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

よそち【四十・40】

(Noun) Forty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆどぅぬん【淀ぬん・澱ぬん】

(Verb) To stagnate, to be stagnant; to linger, to remain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆがふー【世果報】

(Noun) Bountiful year, fruitful year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくさー

(Noun) Liar, fibber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくし

(Noun) Lie, lies, falsehood, untruth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆみち【夜道】

(Noun) Street at night

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ゆめィた

(Noun) Language, dialect, way of talking

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆむどぅい

(Noun) Nasty bird, dumb bird; Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ゆんぐり【汚り】

(Noun) Dirt, filth, stain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆんじり

(Noun) Cracked heels, heel fissures, calloused feet

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

ゆんたく

(Noun) Get-together, group dicussion, talk, chat, discussion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆんたく

(Noun) Talk, discussion, chat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆさんでぃ

(Noun) Dusk, evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆしぎ【柞木】

(Noun) Oak, oak tree

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆしみ【四隅】

(Noun) Four corners

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆたさん【宜さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Good, all right, fine, proper, right, well

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーどぅり【夕凪・夕どぅり・夜どぅり】

(Noun) Calm of the night, evening calm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーみじ【湯水】

(Noun) Hot and cold water, hot water

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ゆゑェー・ゆうェー

(Noun) Celebration; congratulation; gift, present, blessing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーけーじゅー【秋津】

(Noun) Dragonfly, damselfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

あーけーずー【秋津】

(Noun) Dragonfly, damselfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

あーさーとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

あちーはい【暑はい・暑ちーはい】

(Sa-Adjective) Hot (weather)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちまいん【集まいん】

(Verb) To gather

Ryukyu (Amami)

あはばち【赤蜂】

(Noun) Paper wasp (Polistinae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかまち

(Noun) Ruby snapper (Etelis coruscans), flame snapper, longtail snapper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかまたー

(Noun) Ryukyu odd-tooth snake (Lycodon semicarinatus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかまやー【赤まやー・赤猫】

(Noun) Orange tabby cat, red tabby cat

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

あっけーずー

(Noun) Dragonfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あくひち【悪筆・惡筆】

(Noun) Bad handwriting, poor handwriting

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

アメリカー・あめりかー

(Noun) American, American person, Americans, American people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あみかじ【雨風】

(Noun) Rain and wind

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あみぬみゃ

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだちゃー

(Noun) Lizard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだちゅー

(Noun) Green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんぐぇーいー

(Noun) Sitting cross-legged

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あらもーき【荒儲き】

(Noun) Quick profit, easy profit, big profit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさちゆ【朝露】

(Noun) Morning dew

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

あささやー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

あさうんべー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

あしーびー【遊びー】

(Noun) Play, playing

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あしじゃは

(Noun) Tall rain geta, tall rain clogs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしみじ【汗水】

(Noun) Sweat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたびち

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

あたびかー

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima, Okinawa: Akajima)

あたびくー

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたらさん

(Sa-Adjective) Precious, prized, dear, important, valuable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あとぅさち【後先】

(Noun) Before and after, start and end; order, prioritization; end result, the future, consequences, repercussions

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ばがむぬ【若者】

(Noun) Young people, youth, the young generation

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

ばかむぬ【若者】

(Noun) Young people, youth, the young generation

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ばさんみー

(Noun) Banana, Japanese Fiber Banana

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばすーし【芭蕉紙】

(Noun) Basho paper, Ryukyu paper, banana paper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

びんだれー

(Noun) Washbasin

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

びんだれー

(Noun) Washbasin

Ryukyu (Amami)

ぼなっくぁ・ぼなっくゎ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぼーふやー【孑孑・孑々・棒振】

(Noun) Mosquito larva, wriggler

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶちだん【仏壇】

(Noun) Household Buddhist altar

Ryukyu (Amami)

ぶなわた

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぶとぅとぅず【一昨日】

(Adverb) Two days ago, the day before yesterday

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ちゃーばな【茶ばな・茶碗】

(Noun) Teacup, tea cup

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ちゃーちゃー

(Noun) Dad, daddy, father

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃどーぐ【茶道具】

(Noun) Tea utensils, teaware

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃくし

(Noun) Eldest son

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちちに【狐】

(Noun) Fox, red fox

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちがかい【気がかい】

(Noun) Anxiety, worry, concern

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーちー

(Noun) Milk, cow's milk

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

ちーんし

(Noun) Knee

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじゅやー【千鳥・鵆】

(Noun) Plover

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ちかはん【近はん】

(Ha-adjective) Close, near, nearby

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちきむん【漬物・漬き物】

(Noun) Pickled vegetables, Tsukemono

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちこーき【飛行機】

(Noun) Airplane, aeroplane, plane, aircraft

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちくぃーん【聞くぃーん・聴くぃーん】

(Verb) To be heard, to be audible; to be popular; to discern, to make out

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんぶく

(Noun) Fishing rod

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima, Kunigami: Takazato, Okinawa)

ちんちん

(Noun) Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんちょー【県庁】

(Noun) Prefectural office

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんくぁー・ちんくゎー【金瓜】

(Noun) Pumpkin, squash (Cucurbita moschata)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

ちんなみ

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぬまん【角まん】

(Noun) Bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちらるん

(Verb) To blunt, to dull

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちしり【煙管】

(Noun) Tobacco pipe, smoking pipe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちやち【欅】

(Noun) Japanese zelkova (Zelkova serrata), Japanese elm

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ちょんちょん・チョンチョン

(Noun, Adverb) Drip drip, dripping water

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ちょーちょー【蝶々・蝶蝶】

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちょーしん【朝鮮】

(Noun) Korea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅだち【一抱・一抱ち】

(Noun) Armful, armload

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅらさん【清らさん・美らさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Beautiful, lovely, darling, pretty, elegant, clean, pure, chaste

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅしな【一品】

(Noun) Dish; item, article

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーちゅー

(Noun) Penis

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だーまんとぅ【八重山人】

(Noun) Yaeyamans, Yaeyama People

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だんがわい【段変い】

(Noun) Different level, vastly different; far greater

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

でぃーくねェ【大根】

(Noun) Daikon radish, White radish, Japanese radish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーらーさん【愛らーさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Lovely, lovable, charming, pretty; adorable, cute

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぁふぁうや【母親】

(Noun) Mother

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ふぁろーじー

(Noun) Relative, relatives

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーがじゃん

(Noun) Japanese blackfly (Simulium japonicum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃびちゅん【響ちゅん】

(Verb) To resonate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃらちゅん【開ちゅん】

(Verb) To open

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃるがいん【広がいん・拡がいん】

(Verb) To spread, to expand, to extend, to stretch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃるまいん【広まいん・弘まいん】

(Verb) To spread, to become widespread; to become widely known, to circulate widely

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふんやく【翻訳・飜訳】

(Noun) Translation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふにぐみ【骨組み・骨組】

(Noun) Framing, frame, framework, structure, skeleton

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふりむぬ

(Noun) Fool

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふたうや【二親】

(Noun) Parents, both parents

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がじまる・ガジマル【榕樹】

(Noun) Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がっこーじ【学校じ・學校じ】

(Noun) School

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がくしー【学生】

(Noun) Student

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

がらしー【烏・鴉】

(Noun) Crow, raven

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ごーぐち

(Noun) Complaint, grumble, discontentment

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

ぐすみた

(Noun) Cartilage

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎっすく・ぐぁっすく【月食・月蝕】

(Noun) Lunar eclipse

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

はーうなじ

(Noun) Giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

はべーるー

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちにん【八人・8人】

(Noun) Eight people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はごーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Dirty, filthy; ticklish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじまいん【始まいん】

(Verb) To begin, to start; to originate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじみてぃ【初みてぃ・始みてぃ・甫みてぃ】

(Adverb, Expression) For the first time

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Kin)

はじょかーん【恥じょかーん・羞じょかーん】

(Sa-Adjective) Embarrassing, embarrassed, humiliating, humiliated, ashamed, shameful

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はなぶる【鼻ぶる】

(Noun) Nose

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

はなだぎ【花酒】

(Noun) A distilled, rice-based liquor produced in Yonaguni

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなくす【鼻糞・鼻屎・鼻くす】

(Noun) Nasal mucus, snot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんぐぃーん

(Verb) To come undone, to come untied, to come apart

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんにち【半日】

(Noun) Half day

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

はろーじー

(Noun) Relative, relatives

Ryukyu (Amami: Kakeroma, Okinawa)

はしし【歯肉】

(Noun) Gums

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

へーがさー【蠅瘡ー・蠅瘡人】

(Noun) Person with eczema or scabies

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

へーさやー【早さやー】

(Expression) Good morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひびちゅん【響ちゅん】

(Verb) To resonate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひらちゅん【開ちゅん】

(Verb) To open

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひしぐー

(Noun) Pyram top shell (Tectus pyramis)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

ひてぃみてぃ【努みてぃ・勉みてぃ・力みてぃ】

(Noun, adverb) Early morning

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ひとぅとぅふぁ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちちゅん【生ちちゅん】

(Verb) To live

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちじゃま【生霊・生魑魅】

(Noun) Vengeful spirit of a living person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちけーん【五回ん】

(Adverb) Five times

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぐますん

(Verb) To plan

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーびばん【指ばん】

(Noun) Thumb print

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai, Oshima, Kakeroma)

いーしゃとー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いきらさん

(Sa-Adjective) Few, fewer, less, very little, not so many

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いましみ【戒み】

(Noun) Warning, caution, lesson, notice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんちゃさん

(Sa-Adjective) Short

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんちりー・インチリー

(Noun) Great Britain; United Kingdom

Ryukyu (Yoron)

いらぶち

(Noun) Japanese parrotfish (Calotomus japonicus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いらぶち

(Noun) Blunt-head parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos); heavybeak parrotfish (Chlorurus gibbus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりちぐ【煎粉・炒粉】

(Noun) Flour made from toasted rice or parched barley

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Iriomote)

いりむてぃー【西表】

(Noun) Iriomote

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いれィりゅム【入れィりゅム】

(Verb) To put in, to place in, to insert; to take in, to take into; to allow (in), to permit, to admit; to include; to turn on, to switch on

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いさーっとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

いさとぅまい

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Amami)

いしゃとま

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしびゃー【石火矢】

(Noun) Medieval breech-loading swivel cannon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしちゃー【石川】

(Name) Ishikawa, Ishikawa City

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いっさーとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いっしゃとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いとぅむし【糸虫】

(Noun) Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いゆうやー【魚売やー】

(Noun) Fishmonger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いゆまち【魚町・魚街】

(Noun) Fish market

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

いゆぱし【魚ぱし】

(Noun) Fishing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゃしち【座敷・坐敷】

(Noun) Tatami room; room; sleeping room, bedroom

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じちゃし【蟣】

(Noun) Lice eggs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じーまーみ

(Noun) Peanut, groundnut, Jimami

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じーまみー

(Noun) Peanut, groundnut, Jimami

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーぶやー【蝙蝠】

(Noun) Bat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かばかじゃ【香かじゃ】

(Noun) Fragrance, perfume, smell

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちゃぬん

(Verb) To scratch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かふーむん【果報者】

(Noun) Fortunate person, lucky person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かふーし【果報し】

(Noun, Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Miyako)

かなまイ

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かにがら

(Noun) Crowbar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんじぇーく【鍛冶工】

(Noun) Blacksmith, smith

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんじゅやー

(Noun) Kingfisher (Alcedinidae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんぱち

(Noun) Scarring alopecia, bald spot caused by a scar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からはーい【唐針】

(Noun) Compass

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からかさ【唐傘】

(Noun) Oil-paper umbrella

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かるいさー【軽石】

(Noun) Pumice (stone)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたみーん

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

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

きぶんち【煙】

(Noun) Smoke, fumes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーびさー【木びさー】

(Noun) Stilts

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーびすー【毛びすー】

(Noun) Thinning hair, thin hair, little hair; person with thin hair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーじぇーく【木細工】

(Noun) Woodwork, woodworking; carpenter, woodworker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーかし

(Noun) Sawdust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーむし【毛虫・毛蟲】

(Noun) Caterpillar, hairy caterpillar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーさち【警察】

(Noun) Police

Ryukyu (Yoron)

きんちる

(Noun) Scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

っくゎーし・っくぁーし【菓子】

(Noun) Pastry, sweets, confectionery

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

こーなし

(Noun) Kerama deer (Cervus nippon keramae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くちさん【苦さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Painful, difficult, challenging; heartbreaking

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

くみじま【久米島】

(Noun) Kumejima town, Kumejima island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くらなみ【暗波】

(Noun) Dark wave

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin, Kunigami: Benoki)

くるぐむ【黒雲】

(Noun) Dark clouds

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くさりーん【腐りーん】

(Verb) To rot, to decay; to corrode

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

くーぬち【九・九ち】

(Number) Nine

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

くゎーしー・くぁーしー【菓子】

(Noun) Pastry, sweets, confectionery

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎんばく・くぁんばく【棺箱・柩箱】

(Noun) Coffin, casket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎんじみ【缶詰】

(Noun) Canning

Ryukyu (Miyako)

きゃーぎぎ

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーがな

(Noun) Somewhere, anywhere

Ryukyu (Amami)

まーじんま

(Noun, adverb) Together

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーくっさ

(Noun) A lot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーみなー【豆菜】

(Noun) Bean sprout

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

まーらすん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

まーらすん

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーさむん【旨さ物】

(Noun) Delicious food, tasty food

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーすけー

(Noun) Green grass lizard (Takydromus smaragdinus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちだん【槙蘭・真木蘭・槇蘭】

(Noun) Wind orchid (Vanda falcata), samurai orchid

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

まちーぎ【睫毛・睫・まちー毛】

(Noun) Eyelash, eyelashes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちらん【槙蘭・真木蘭・槇蘭】

(Noun) Wind orchid (Vanda falcata), samurai orchid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まがたま【勾玉】

(Noun) Magatama beads, comma-shaped beads

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まっかーら【真赤・真っ赤】

(Noun) Bright red

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ままうや【継親】

(Noun) Stepparent

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ままっくゎ・ままっくぁ【継子】

(Noun) Stepchild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんびかー

(Noun) Mahi-mahi fish (Coryphaena hippurus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まにちゅん【招ちゅん】

(Verb) To invite to; to introduce to; to lead to, to contribute to, to result in, to cause

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんにんじ【万年酢・萬年酢】

(Noun) Type of vinegar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぬちゅん【招ちゅん】

(Verb) To invite to; to introduce to; to lead to, to contribute to, to result in, to cause

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ましし【真肉】

(Noun) Red meat; lean meat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まったらー

(Noun) Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まっとーば

(Adverb) Straight, in a straight line, directly; honestly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まとぅまいん【纏まいん】

(Verb) To be governed as one; to be unified, to be put together; to be in order, to be cohesive

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーなち【毎日】

(Noun, adverb) Every day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーにち【毎日】

(Noun, adverb) Every day

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

めんしょり

(Expression) Welcome, greetings (in a store, etc.)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みちゃーいん

(Verb) To adhere, to conglutinate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みちしゅ【満潮】

(Noun) High tide, full tide, high water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みだりーん【乱りーん・紊りーん】

(Verb) To be disordered, to be in disarray, to be disrupted; to be distorted, to be disturbed, to be unstable

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

みへでぃろ【御拝でぃろ】

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーうし【雌牛・牝牛】

(Noun) Cow, female cattle, heifer

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin, Okinawa)

みーどぅし【新年】

(Noun) New year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーぐち【みー口・新口】

(Noun) Opening, first opening, grand opening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーかがん【眼鏡】

(Noun) Glasses

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーくち【目口】

(Noun) Facial expression

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむなー【雌】

(Noun) Female animal, female insect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーにち【命日】

(Noun) Date of death, death anniversary

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みじいる【水色】

(Noun) Light blue

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みじがに【水銀・水金】

(Noun) Mercury (element), quicksilver

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみたい【耳たい】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみくす【耳屎・耳糞】

(Noun) Earwax

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

みみたぶ【耳朶・耳たぼ】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みなりーん【見慣りーん・見馴りーん・見なりーん】

(Verb) To be familiar with, to get used to

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

みんぶし

(Noun) Eyebrow, eyebrows

Ryukyu (Amami)

めィんぐィ【濁ぐィ】

(Noun) Muddiness, turbidity

Ryukyu (Miyako)

むぎゃーり【濁ぎゃーり】

(Verb) To be turbid, to be muddy, to be murky, to be cloudy, to be unclear; to be unclear, to be inaudible, to not be discernable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むむいる【桃色】

(Noun) Pink, peach color

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むむじり【桃尻】

(Noun) Someone who is bad at riding horses

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むらがに【村鉦】

(Noun) Gong

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むしぶん【結ぶん】

(Verb) To tie, to bind; to link, to connect; to unite, to form a bond, to tie the knot

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

むしぐゎ・むしぐぁ

(Noun) Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むーとぅやー【本家】

(Noun) Main household, head household

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーしび【茄子・茄】

(Noun) Eggplant, aubergine, melongene, brinjal, guinea squash

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーしる【苗代】

(Noun) Rice seedbed, rice seedling bed

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

なべーらー

(Noun) Luffa, loofah, sponge gourd

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なびちゅん【靡ちゅん】

(Verb) To sway, to wave, to flutter; to be swayed by

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちぶー【泣ち虫】

(Noun) Crybaby, whiner

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちじん【今帰仁】

(Name) Nakijin, Nakijin village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちむん【夏物】

(Noun) Summer clothes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちょーら

(Noun) Red seabroom (Digenea simplex)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながあみ【長雨・霖】

Rainy season

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なぐさみ【慰め】

(Noun) Comfort, solace, consolation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまがた【今方・今がた】

(Noun) Just now

Ryukyu (Yoron)

なまから【今から】

(Adverb, noun) From here on, after this, from now, from this point on

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまから【今から】

(Adverb, noun) From here on, after this, from now, from this point on

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なままでぃ【今までぃ・今迄】

(Adverb, noun) Until now, so far, thus far

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまりーん【鈍りーん】

(Verb) To become blunt, to become dull

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なみかじ【波風】

(Noun) Wind and waves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ならーし【習ーし・慣ーし】

(Noun) Training, discipline; manners, habits

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ならーすん【習ーすん・習すん】

(Verb) To teach, to educate, to instruct

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ならじき・ならぢき【奈良漬】

(Noun) Vegetables salted and pickled in sake and mirin lees

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なりすみ【馴り初み】

(Noun) Beginning of a relationship

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なしぐゎ・なしぐぁ【生し子・生子】

(Noun) One's biological child, one's child, child

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ねィでぃゆム

(Verb) To endure, to put up with, to bear; to be hungry, to be famished

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーびち

(Noun) Marriage, wedding

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーぶやー【眠やー】

(Noun) Sleepy person, sleepyhead

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

にいふぁいゆ・にーふぁいゆ

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーたさん

(Sa-Adjective) Resentful, bitter

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ににぶぐ

(Noun) Straw mat

Ryukyu (Miyako)

んみゃーち

(Expression) Welcome, greetings (in a store, etc.)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んにぐち【胸口】

(Noun) Solar plexus, celiac plexus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬくじり【鋸】

(Noun) Saw, hand saw, nokogiri

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーがな【何がな】

(Noun) Something

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おみあふり【御煽り】

(Noun) Decorative or ceremonial parasol

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

おーなじり

(Noun) Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

おーんなじゃー

(Noun) Ryukyu green snake (Cycophiops semicarinatus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ぱじーし【歯肉】

(Noun) Gums

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ぱろーじー

(Noun) Relative, relatives

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

ぱろーさー

(Noun) Farmer

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

ぴーぴじゃー

(Noun) Goat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぴやぴや・ピヤピヤ

(Adverb) Cheep cheep, tweet tweet

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぷくるび

(Noun) Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum)

Honshu (Standard), Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ルートビア

(Noun) Root beer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さばちゅん【捌ちゅん】

(Verb) To comb; to sort, to divide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんにち【三日・3日】

(Noun) The third (day of the month); three days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

せんするー・センスルー

(Noun) Scrawled filefish, broomtail filefish, scribbled leatherjacket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぇーがな

(Noun) Grater

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しうち【仕置・仕置ち】

(Noun) Punishment

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

しばはん【狭はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Narrow, small, cramped

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しばさん【狭さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Narrow, small

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しびぐゎ・しびぐぁ【鮪小・鮪子】

(Noun) Yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぶさん【渋さん・澁さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Astringent, bitter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちみ【閾】

(Noun) Threshold, doorsill, door saddle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しださん【涼さん・涼ださん】

(Sa-Adjective) Cool (weather)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しだすん

(Verb) To hatch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかばー

(Noun) Coward, wimp

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

しかんだ

(Verb) To be surprised, to be astonished, to be baffled

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しくち【仕事】

(Noun) Work, job, labour, labor, task

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しくぬん【仕組ぬん】

(Verb) To arrange, to plan, to prepare

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しむち【書物】

(Noun) Book

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんちょー【船長】

(Noun) Ship captain, sea captain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんでぃーん【滑ん】

(Verb) To slip

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんしー【先生】

(Noun, suffix) Teacher, professor, master

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しらふぇー【白灰】

(Noun) Lime, quicklime

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kudaka)

しるあい【白蟻】

(Noun) Termite

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるさん【白さん】

(Sa-Adjective) White

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるゆー

(Noun) Japanese large-eye bream (Gymnocranius euanus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しゅくでー【宿題】

(Noun) Homework

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しゅくれー【宿題】

(Noun) Homework

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しゅんしー【筍絲】

(Noun) Dried and shredded bamboo shoots

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーみなー

(Noun) Warbling white-eye (Zosterops japonicus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すむちゅん【背ちゅん・叛ちゅん】

(Verb) To rebel, to oppose; to turn one's back

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すんくゎいん・すんくぁいん

(Verb) To sting, to hurt, to be painful

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すとぅみてぃ【努みてぃ・勉みてぃ・力みてぃ】

(Noun, adverb) Early morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーてぃち【蘇鉄】

(Noun) Sago palm (Cycas revoluta)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーらし

(Noun) Japanese big-leaf magnolia (Magnolia obovata)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

たーうなじ【田鰻】

(Noun) Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

たべーるー

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

たぎどぅが【竹床】

(Verb) Bamboo bed, bamboo mat, bamboo floor

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

たかはーん【高はーん・高価はーん】

(Ha-Adjective) High, tall; expensive, costly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たまいる【玉色】

(Noun) Blue

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たたちゅん【叩ちゅん】

(Verb) To hit, to strike, to knock, to beat; to punish, to chastise, to scourge, to whip

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たわちー【闘鶏】

(Noun) Cockfight, cockfighting; gamecock, game fowl

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

てーしゃーん

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

てーしぇーん

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんがーら【天がーら・天川原・天河原・天川】

(Noun) Milky Way

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーぐち【唐口】

(Noun) Chinese language

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

とーなーじゃ【田鰻】

(Noun) Asian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

とーうんない

(Noun) Banana

Ryukyu (Amami)

つィぶる【頭】

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

つィぶる【頭】

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

つィぶる【頭】

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

つぃぶし

(Noun) Knee

Ryukyu (Miyako: Ikema)

つィつィ・つぃつぃ【月】

(Noun) Moon; month; monday

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

っとぅむってぃ【努むってぃ・勉むってぃ・力むってぃ】

(Noun, adverb) Morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅじっくゎ・とぅじっくぁ【刀自子】

(Noun) Wife and child

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅるばいん

(Verb) To be absent-minded, to be aimless, to be careless

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅるばる・トゥルバル

(Attributive Verb) Aimless

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅすくゎん・とぅすくぁん【図書館】

(Noun) Library

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちぐさ【浮草・浮ち草・浮萍・萍】

(Noun) Duckweed, water lentil, water lense

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちゅくぃー

(Noun) Wrapping cloth, furoshiki

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふいーび【大指】

(Noun) Thumb

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふみち【大道】

(Noun) Main street

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うきちき【受付・受き付き】

(Noun) Reception; receipt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみないび

(Noun) Princess

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

うにきがー【辺野喜川】

(Name) Benoki river

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うらげーいん【裏返いん】

(Verb) To be turned over, to be flipped over; to be inside out, to be upside down

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うしーむん【う吸物・御吸物】

(Noun) Clear soup with a dashi broth base

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うしとぅら【丑寅・艮】

(Noun) Northeast

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うっさまでぃ

(Expression) That's enough; to that point; to that extent; over there

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うてぃけーいん

(Verb) To return (to normal), to go back; to revert, to regress, to retrogress, to turn back

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Naha)

うとぅらさん

(Sa-Adjective) Scary, terrifying, frightening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うとぅるさん

(Sa-Adjective) Scary, terrifying, frightening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わーむち【幅持・幅持ち】

(Noun) Brave person, courageous person

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

わーしき

(Noun) Weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わがまま【我がまま・我が儘・我儘】

(Noun) Selfish, selfishness

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

わじわじ・ワジワジ

(Noun, Adverb) Mad, angry, angrily, frustrated

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかくさ【若草】

(Noun) Young grass, fresh grass, green grass

Ryukyu (Yoron)

わからじ【分からじ・判らじ・解らじ】

(Verb) To not understand, to not know

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

わさわさ・ワサワサ

(Noun, Adverb) Noisy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーうし【牡牛・雄牛】

(Noun) Bull, ox

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーむなー【雄】

(Noun) Male animal, male insect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーをぅをぅー

(Interjection) No, nay

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やくすく【約束】

(Noun) Promise, pledge, vow, engagement; appointment

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまうく【山奥】

(Noun) Deep in the mountains

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまかぐ【山駕籠】

(Noun) Mountain palanquin, mountain sedan chair

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなじむ【やな肝・嫌な肝・嫌肝・嫌な心・嫌心】

(Non) Wicked heart, evil heart, wicked mind, sinisterness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やんばらー

(Noun) A person from Yanbaru, people from Yanbaru

Ryukyu (Miyako: Uruka)

やぱぶに

(Noun) Cartilage

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やしぬん【休む】

(Verb) To rest, to take a break; to take a day off

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃーっくゎ・いぃーっくぁ【良子・好子】

(Noun) Good boy, good girl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃーにぶい・ゆぃーにぶい・ゐーにぶい【居眠い・居眠】

(Noun) Dozing off, drifting off, nodding off

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃーりむん・ゐーりむん

(Noun) Toy, toys

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆまんぐぃ【夕間暮】

(Noun) Dusk, twilight, nightfall, evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆなぐに【与那国】

(Noun) Yonaguni, Yonaguni Island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆんたくー

(Noun) Talkative person, chatterbox, chatterer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆんたんじゃ【読谷村】

(Name) Yomitan, Yomitan village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆるふぃる【夜昼】

(Noun) Night and day

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ゆさらび

(Noun) Dusk, evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーみち【夜道】

(Noun) Street at night

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちゃーあさ【明日朝】

(Noun) Tomorrow morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちゃーやー【明日やー】

(Expression) See you tomorrow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちれーいん【誂いん】

(Verb) To get something custom-made, to order (something custom-made)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あぎまーすん

(Verb) To hurry, to rush

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかいちゃー【赤烏賊】

(Noun) Neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかちち【暁・曉】

(Noun) Dawn, daybreak

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

あこーぺィー【欠伸】

(Noun) Yawn, yawning

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Ishigaki)

あますくる

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あなひらだ

(Noun) Hut, shack, shed, shanty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだがーき【油渇き】

(Noun) Not eating meat in a long time

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだぐち【油口】

(Noun) Compliment, flattery, commendation, praise; fawning, sucking up, obsequiousness; incessant talking, prattle, jabber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんだむさー【油虫】

(Noun) Slug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんぐぇーどぅい

(Noun) Sitting cross-legged

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんしーめー

(Noun) Missus (Mrs.)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あぴゃんすや

(Adjective) Beautiful, precious, lovely, darling, pretty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさあけーい【朝焼け・朝焼】

(Noun) Sunrise, morning glow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あさまゆま【朝間夕間】

(Noun) Morning and evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしびなー【遊びなー・遊び庭】

(Noun) Public place or plaza where events or plays are held; playground

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたびちゃー

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あたまわい【頭割・頭割い】

(Noun) Per head, per person

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

あったびかー

(Noun) Frog

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あとぅむどぅい【後戻い・後戻】

(Noun) Going back, turning back, backtracking, retrogression, retrograding

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

ばがけーら

(Noun) Fellow, compatriot, associate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばぐどーぐ【馬具道具】

(Noun) Saddlery

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばんしるー【蕃石榴】

(Noun) Common guava (Psidium guajava)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぶりぶし【群星】

(Noun) Cluster of stars, star cluster, countless stars

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃぐゎし・ちゃぐぁし【茶菓子】

(Noun) Sweet or pastry served with tea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃんぷるー

(Noun) Chanpuru, Champuru or Champloo is a mixed Okinawan stir-fried dish containing vegetables, tofu, and meat or fish.

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Yanbaru)

ちばりょー【気張りょー】

(Imperative verb) Keep it up; Good luck; Do your best

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちちわい【月割】

(Noun) Per month; monthly installments, monthly payments

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぐむり【晦日・晦】

(Noun) Last day of the month

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーさち【警察】

(Noun) Police

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーたち【一日・1日】

(Noun) The first (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちじわい【ちじ割・ちじ割い】

(Noun) Per head, per person, per capita; split evenly, divided evenly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちかないん

(Verb) To rear, to raise (an animal); to raise (a family)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちむぬや

(Noun) Kitchen

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんきゆん

(Verb) To pinch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんすこー・ちんすこう 【金楚糕・珍楚糕】

(Noun) Chinsuko, a traditional Okinawan breaded pastry

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

ちりばこ【ちり箱・塵箱】

(Noun) Garbage can, trash can, rubbish bin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちるがいん

(Verb) To be connected, to be linked, to be tied together; to reach, to rise up to; to be immersed, to be submerged, to soak

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちょんだらー【京太郎】

(Noun) Traditional Okinawan comedic performer; puppeteer, puppet master

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅいぬやー

(Noun) One-man fishing boat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅらがさ【清ら瘡・美ら瘡】

(Noun) Smallpox, variola

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅうじち【休日】

(Noun) Holiday, day of rest

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

だー・だ【家】

(Noun) House, home

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅ・どぅー【湯】

(Noun) Hot water

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

どぅまんぎる

(Verb) To be surprised, to be astonished, to be baffled

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅしぐゎー・どぅしぐぁー【同士子】

(Noun) Friend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

えーぬじゅみ【愛望み】

(Noun) Mutual love, requited love

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ふぁたらくん【働くん】

(Verb) To work

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーふち【灰吹ち・灰吹】

(Noun) Bamboo container for disposing tobacco ashes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃーばーし【火箸】

(Noun) Metal chopsticks used to handle charcoal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃじゅるさん【冷じゅるさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Cold (to the touch), cool, chilly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃさくび【ふぃさ首】

(Noun) Ankle

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふがらっさ

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふくらさん

(Sa-Adjective) Happy, content, glad

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふるどーぐ【古道具】

(Noun) Antique, antique item, old tool

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ふるさった【黒砂糖】

(Noun) Brown sugar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーちばー

(Noun) Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がちちゃー・がちちゃあ

(Noun) Sea urchin

Ryukyu (Amami)

がじゃばち【がじゃ蜂】

(Noun) Red paper wasp (Ropalidia)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぎちちゃー【月橘】

(Noun) Orange jasmine (Murraya paniculata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐみうち【塵打ち】

(Noun) Feather duster

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐんぐゎち・ぐんぐぁち【五月】

(Noun) May (month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐるくまー

(Noun) Indian mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐさんちー 【御参詣】

(Noun) Pilgrimage, temple visit, shrine visit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐしちゃん【具志川】

(Name) Gushikawa, Gushikawa City

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐしちゃん【具志頭】

(Name) Gushikami village

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐすみち

(Noun) Cartilage

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ぐゎーちき・ぐぁーちき

(Noun) Weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎんじち・ぐぁんじち【元日】

(Noun) New Year's Day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーべーるー

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はじかさん【恥じかさん・羞じかさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Embarrassing, embarrassed, humiliating, humiliated, ashamed, shameful

Ryukyu (Yoron)

はみんしゃい

(Sa-adjective) To like, to be fond of

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなあたい【花辺】

(Noun) Flower garden, flower bed, flower field

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はながち

(Noun) Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はさんぐゎー・はさんぐぁー【鋏子】

(Noun) Stag beetle (Lucanidae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひぬかん【火ぬ神】

(Noun) God of fire

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

ひーちっか

(Noun) Okinawa woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ひんすむぬ【貧す者】

(Noun) Poor person, poor people

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ひるにんび【昼にんび】

(Noun) Afternoon nap

Ryukyu (Amami: Oshima, Amami: Ukejima, Okinoerabu, Yoron)

ひとつば

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ひとぅつば

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ほーとぅくー【鳩くー・鴿くー】

(Noun) Birdcage; pigeon cage, dove cage

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちぇーかじ【行合風・行逢風】

(Noun) A wind blown by an evil spirit that is said to bring illness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちむし【生ちむし】

(Noun) Animal, living thing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちにち【一日・1日】

(Noun) The first (day of the month); one day

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

いちゅなはん【忙はん】

(Ha-Adjective) Busy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゅなさん

(Sa-Adjective) Busy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーびがにー【指金】

(Noun) Ring

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーびなぎー【指金】

(Noun) Ring

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いからんたん【行からんたん】

(Verb) Could not go, couldn't go

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Iejima)

いめんしょり

(Expression) Welcome, greetings (in a store, etc.)

Ryukyu (Amami: Ashiken)

いんとぅるまい

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いらぶちゃー

(Noun) Blunt-head parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos); heavybeak parrotfish (Chlorurus gibbus)

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Ishigaki)

いれィむてぃー【西表】

(Noun) Iriomote

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

いさっすぃま【石垣島】

(Name) Ishigaki Island

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いしゃとばん

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いしゃとまい

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin, Okinawa)

いしがち【石垣】

(Name) Ishigaki

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしじゃち【石垣】

(Name) Ishigaki

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

いしょがゆム

(Verb) To hurry, to hasten, to rush

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いそがしゃん【忙しゃん】

(Sha-Adjective) Busy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いつそち【五十・50】

(Noun) Fifty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いっとぅがよー

(Noun) Children's game similar to marbles

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いう・いゆ【魚】

(Noun) Fish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いゆとぅやー【魚捕やー・魚獲やー】

(Noun) Fisherman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゅーぐゎち・じゅーぐぁち【10月・十月】

(Noun) October

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かばあんだ【香油】

(Noun) Perfumed hair oil, scented hair oil, pomade

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちみーん

(Verb) To grab; to seize, to catch, to apprehend

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かぐしま 【鹿児島】

(Noun) Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじふち【風吹ち】

(Noun) Windstorm, typhoon, tempest, gale, storm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじひち【風邪引ち】

(Noun) Having a cold, catching a cold

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

かまぼーとぅ

(Noun) Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かまらさん

(Sa-Adjective) Finicky, fastidious, choosy, difficult to please, fussy, finical

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんだんきー【寒暖計】

(Noun) Thermometer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんげーゆん【考げーゆん・考ーゆん】

(Verb) To consider, to contemplate, to think about

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かりゆし

(Noun) Harmony, happiness, auspiciousness, good fortune

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたかし

(Noun) Goatfish (Mullidae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かたしみ【片隅】

(Noun) Corner, far corner

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かやぶち【茅葺・茅葺ち・萱葺・萱葺ち】

(Noun) Thatch roof

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーたんなー【帰たんなー】

(Expression) Welcome back, welcome home

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーうーし【木臼】

(Noun) Wooden mortar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーまっくゎ・きーまっくぁ【木枕】

(Noun) Wooden pillow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きじむなー

(Noun) Tree spirit said to live among Banyan trees

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

っくりりゅム【呉りゅム】

(Verb) To give, to bestow; to do something for

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っくぁむやー・っくゎむやー

(Noun) Babysitter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーやびら【買ーやびら】

(Expression) Greeting said when entering a shop to a clerk or shopkeeper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぶしみ【久保締】

(Noun) Broadclub cuttlefish (Ascarosepion latimanus)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki, Okinawa)

くちかじ【東風】

(Noun) East wind, easterly wind, eastern wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kin)

くちなぎ

(Noun) Pacific yellowtail emperor (Lethrinus atkinsoni)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くちなじ

(Noun) Pacific yellowtail emperor (Lethrinus atkinsoni)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くいまーすん

(Verb) To make ends meet, to manage to get by

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くくぬち【九・九ち】

(Number) Nine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くくぬたい【九人・9人】

(Noun) Nine people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くまむてぃ【くま面】

(Noun) This side, this way

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くんちち【今月】

(Noun) This month

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くんぐゎち・くんぐぁち【9月・九月】

(Noun) September

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くらーぐゎー・くらーぐぁー

(Noun) Sparrow, Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Ryukyu (Amami)

くるかねィ

(Noun) Iron

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるまぼー【車棒】

(Noun) Flail (tool)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるまやー【黒まやー・黒猫】

(Noun) Black cat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くしぶに【腰骨】

(Noun) Spine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすくぇー【糞くぇー・屎くぇー】

(Expression) Bless you, gesundheit

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすふぃりー【糞放りー】

(Noun) Diarrhea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすぬち【樟・楠】

(Noun) Camphor tree (Camphora officinarum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーじぐとぅ【公儀事】

(Noun) Public affairs, official affairs, government affairs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎふーし【果報し】

(Noun, Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっくぃーん・くぁっくぃーん

(Verb) To hide; to take shelter, to take cover; to shelter, to conceal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎんとぅうい・くぁんとぅうい【広東瓜】

(Noun) Watermelon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっぱち【活発・活溌・活潑】

(Noun) Vigor, vivacity, liveliness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーみーなー【豆菜】

(Noun) Bean sprout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まぶるし【幻】

(Noun) Apparition, phantom, illusion

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちぐぁー・まちぐゎー【町ぐぁー・町ぐゎー】

(Noun) Market, marketplace

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんいぃち・まんゆぃち・まんゐち【満悦・滿悅】

(Noun) Pleasure, satisfaction, gratification

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まっしし【真肉】

(Noun) Red meat; lean meat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

またばし

(Noun) Crotch, groin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まってーらー

(Noun) Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まやーぐゎー・まやーぐぁー【猫子・猫小・猫ぐゎー・猫ぐぁー】

(Noun) Cat, domestic cat; small cat, kitten

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めんそーれー・めんそおれえ

(Phrase) Welcome, greetings (in a store, etc.)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みがたち【女敵】

(Noun) Rival in love, love rival

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

みいふぁいゆう・みーふぁいゆー

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーぐるま【新車】

(Noun) New car

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーなりーん【見慣りーん・見馴りーん・見なりーん】

(Verb) To be familiar with, to get used to

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みじらさん【珍さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Unusual, rare

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みっくゎさん・みっくぁさん

(Sa-Adjective) Loathsome, detestable, despicable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みしわん【飯椀】

(Noun) Rice bowl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ももそち【百】

(Noun) One hundred

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーいどーふ【もーい豆腐】

(Noun) Cubes of agar-agar (jelly) made from Ibanori seaweed, dashi, shredded tuna and other ingredients

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むじなくー【麦粉・麦な粉】

(Noun) Wheat flour

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むくるぬん【目論ぬん】

(Noun) To plan, to scheme, to envision, to intend, to attempt

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むぬさし【物指・物指し・物差・物差し】

(Noun) Ruler (for measuring)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

むしんぐゎ・むしんぐぁ

(Noun) Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーくんちゅ【宮古人】

(Noun) Miyako people; Miyakoans

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかいーび【中指】

(Noun) Middle finger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかゆくい【中憩い・中憩】

(Noun) Break, rest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまさち【今先】

(Noun) Just now, just a moment ago

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なみむさー【蛞虫】

(Noun) Slug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なみむし【蛞虫】

(Noun) Slug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ななそち【七十・70】

(Noun) Seventy

Ryukyu (Yoron: Asato)

ねーなゆん

(Verb) To be missing, to be lost; to disappear

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

にちかでぃ【北風】

(Noun) North wind, northerly wind, northern wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーぐるま【荷車】

(Noun) Cart

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にーせーたー【二才達】

(Noun) Young people, young men, youth

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんがきーん【念がきーん・念掛きーん・念懸きーん】

(Verb) To set one's mind on, to aspire to, to endeavor to, to endeavour to, to aim to; to be thinking about, to be concerned about, to be worried about

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんぐゎち・にんぐぁち【2月・二月】

(Noun) February

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にしばる【西原】

(Name) Nishihara, town of Nishihara

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にしかじ【北風】

(Noun) North wind, northerly wind, northern wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikei)

んぬいじぐゎ・んぬいじぐぁ

(Noun) Anadago (Octopus oliveri)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬじがち【抜じ書ち・抜書】

(Noun) Excerpt, extract

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ぬかばち【糠蜂】

(Noun) Okinawa bell-bellied paper wasp (Ropalidia fasciata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬぬうやー【布織やー】

(Noun) Weaver

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

おーりとーり・おおりとおり

(Expression) Welcome

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

ぱんくーしゅ

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るくにち【六日・6日】

(Noun) The sixth (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さーふーふー

(Adverb) Slightly drunk, tipsy

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

さーるーげー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Yoron)

さびちら

(Noun) Butterflyfish

Ryukyu (Yoron)

さびちら

(Noun) Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さきぐし【酒癖】

(Noun) Drinking habit, drinking problem

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんだんくゎ・さんだんくぁ【山丹花】

(Noun) Chinese ixora (Ixora chinensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんぐだま【珊瑚玉・珊瑚珠】

(Noun) Coral bead

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんぐゎち・さんぐぁち【3月・三月】

(Noun) March

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんさんぐゎ【香香小・香々小】

(Noun) Brothel, brothel room

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

せーいちゃー

(Noun) Diamondback squid (Thysanoteuthis rhombus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちみー【説明】

(Noun) Explanation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちにん【七人・7人】

(Noun) Seven people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちりん【七輪・七厘】

(Noun) A small portable Japanese charcoal grill

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しだかじ【しだ風・涼風】

(Noun) Cool breeze

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しがらみ【柵・笧】

(Noun) Weir

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぐるく【双六・双陸・雙六】

(Noun) Sugoroku (Japanese board game played with dice)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しかばに【屍】

(Noun) Corpse

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

しきゃなん【しきゃ波】

(Noun) Tsunami, tidal wave

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しまぐに【島国】

(Noun) Island nation, island state, island country

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんやく【煎薬】

(Noun) Decoction, infusion

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nakijin)

しらーあい【白蟻】

(Noun) Termite

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しらびーん【調びーん】

(Verb) To examine

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しらなみ【白波】

(Noun) Breaking wave, breaker, whitecap

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるいか【白烏賊】

(Noun) Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるかに【白金】

(Noun) Tin (Sn); lead (Pb)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるくじ【擂粉木】

(Noun) Wooden pestle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ししじゅん【濯じゅん・雪じゅん・漱じゅん・洒じゅん・滌じゅん】

(Verb) To rinse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

したがいん【従いん】

(Verb) To obey, to follow, to abide

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

したたか【強か・健か】

(Noun, Adverb) Tough, resilient; extremely, very, really, greatly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しわーし【師走】

(Noun) December

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

せぃるあかい

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

そーびーらー

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーぐゎち・そーぐぁち【正月】

(Noun) New year; January

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーきぶに

(Noun) Rib

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

すー・す【今日】

(Noun, adverb) Today

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーじゅーさん【塩強さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Very salty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーぶっくゎ・たーぶっくぁ

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たばくぶん【煙草盆】

(Noun) Tobacco tray

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たちがり【立ち枯り】

(Noun) Standing dead tree, snag; dieback, defoliation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たからむん【宝物】

(Noun) Treasure

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てーしち【大切】

(Noun) Important, valuable, precious, dear

Ryukyu (Miyako)

てぃーぬくす

(Noun) Back of the hand

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃんさーぐー

(Noun) Balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とんとんみー

(Noun) Mudskipper (spp. Periophthalmus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーびーらー【唐びーらー】

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

とーびーやー

(Noun) Cockroach

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーとーめー【尊御前】

(Noun) Buddhist spirit tablet, ancestral tablet, mortuary tablet, memorial tablet, spirit seat

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

つィぶれィ【頭】

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

つとぅみてぃ【努むてぃ・勉むてぃ・力むてぃ】

(Noun, adverb) Morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

とぅびんかじ【飛び百足・飛百足】

(Noun) Giant house centipede (Thereuopoda clunifera)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふいーち【大息】

(Noun) Sigh

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うふたーりー

(Noun) Uncle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うじーちーん【怖じちーん】

(Verb) To be frightened, to be terrified

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うじらーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Cute, adorable, pretty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみちむん

(Noun) God of fire, hearth god, stove god, kitchen god

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみさーじゃー【海鷺】

(Noun) Little tern (Sternula albifrons)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみしーじゃ【御御しーじゃ】

(Noun) Older brother, big brother; elder, elderly, senior

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Takazato)

うむかーぎー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うんぐゎいなん・うんぐぁいなん

(Noun) Curlew, whimbrel, sandpiper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぬかわい【うぬ代わい】

(Conjunction) Instead

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

うしぼーとぅ

(Noun) Black wood pigeon (Columba janthina)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

うしほーとぅ

(Noun) Black wood pigeon (Columba janthina)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うししび

(Noun) Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わじわじー・ワジワジー

(Adverb) Mad, angry, angrily, enraged, ragingly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかどぅし【若年】

(Noun) New Year, belated New Year, beginning of the year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかなち【若夏】

(Noun) Early summer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わくびち【わく蟇】

(Noun) Toad

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐーごーさん【刳さん・蘞さん・醶さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Acrid, harsh, pungent; irritating

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーにんじゅ【家人じゅ・家人衆】

(Noun) Family, family members, household members

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やふぁらさん【柔らさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Soft; weak, sickly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やがまさん【喧さん】

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

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

やいまむに【八重山むに・八重山物言】

(Noun) Yaeyama language, Yaeyama dialect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やっけーむん【厄介者】

(Noun) Burdensome person, parasite, freeloader, nuisance, troublesome person, troublemaker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまぼーとぅ【山鳩】

(Noun) Turtle dove, turtledove; Oriental turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまかんだ【山葛・山蔓】

(Noun) Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまみち【山道】

(Noun) Mountain path, mountain road

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまとぅじゃー【大和茶】

(Noun) Japanese tea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やしないん【養いん】

(Verb) To raise (a child), to rear, to provide for, to help grow; to cultivate, to develop, to build, to foster

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やすんじーん【安んじーん】

(Verb) To accept the situation, to resign oneself, to give up; to feel at ease, to be satisfied, to be content

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

よ・よー

(Particle) Question marker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆみうわいん【読み終わいん】

(Noun) To finish reading

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆむどぅやー

(Noun) Nasty bird, dumb bird; Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ゆんぬんちゅ【与論人】

(Noun) Yoron person, Yoron people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆたしく

(Adverb, expression) Please (to), pleased to (meet you), thank you

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーしよー・ゆうしよお

(Expression) Take care

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

ざんぬゆ

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あばらぼねィ

(Noun) Rib

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あびらんけー

(Negative Verb) Do not say, do not talk, quit saying, quit talking, shut up

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちこーこー【熱こーこー・熱ちこーこー】

(Adjective) Boiling hot, piping hot, very hot, really hot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちねーさー【商者】

(Noun) Merchant, trader, dealer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あきみっくゎー・あきみっくぁー

(Noun) Blind person; illiterate person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あきさみよー

(Expression) My goodness!; Oh my gosh!; Oh my god!; Oh my!; Holy cow!; Wow!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんこーまやー

(Noun) Supernatural cat with glowing eyes

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

あっぱりしゃん【天晴りしゃん】

(Adjective) Pretty, beautiful, charming, lovely

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あリげてさま

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あさせィかま

(Noun) Morning

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

あわてィりゅム【慌てィりゅム】

(Verb) To be in a hurry

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

あやはびら【綾蝶】

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

あやはびる【綾蝶】

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Amami)

あやはぶら【綾蝶】

(Noun) Butterfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばさーぬぬ【芭蕉布】

(Noun) Banana fabric, banana fiber cloth, banana textile

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばすーかび【芭蕉紙】

(Noun) Basho paper, Ryukyu paper, banana paper

Ryukyu (Amami)

びりしきゃ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Amami)

びるせぃきゃ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃーしじん【消炭】

(Noun) Cinder

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちびぬみー

(Noun) Anus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぶるやん【頭病ん】

(Noun) Headache

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちちうや【父親】

(Noun) Father

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちちがに【撞鐘】

(Noun) Hanging bell, temple bell

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちでーくに【黄大根】

(Noun) Okinawan yellow carrot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーべーさん【気早さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Hasty, impatient, rushed, excitable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーぶっくゎ・ちーぶっくぁ【乳袋】

(Noun) Breast, bust, boob

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむぐち【肝口】

(Noun) Solar plexus, celiac plexus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむにげー【肝願・心願】

(Noun) Cherished desire, heartfelt wish

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんぼーぶい

(Noun) Chiragra spider conch (Harpago chiragra), spider conch (Lambis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんちなー

(Noun) Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちたなさん【汚さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dirty, filthy, unclean, messy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちとぅみにん【勤み人・務み人】

(Noun) Worker, office worker, official, salaried worker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちょーだんし【京箪笥・京簞笥】

(Noun) Chest of drawers or dresser introduced from mainland Japan after the Meiji era

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ちゅらうなぐ【清ら女・清ら女子】

(Noun) Beautiful woman, pretty woman, pretty girl

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

だんぬいる

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅくげーし

(Noun) Antidote

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅとぅいむぬい【どぅ独い物言】

(Noun) Speaking to oneself; talking to oneself; soliloquy; monologue

Ryukyu (Miyako: Kuninaka)

づィみづィ・づぃみづぃ【蚯蚓】

(Noun) Earthworm

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃらふぁぐさ

(Noun) Plaintain, Chinese plantain

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふちばんた【縁端】

(Noun) Steep cliff, cliff face, precipice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふるどーぐー【古道具屋】

(Noun) Antique shop, second-hand shop; antique shopkeeper, second-hand shopkeeper

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

ふーふーがた

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がちまやー

(Noun) Glutton, gourmand, greedy eater; thieving cat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がまふやー【がま掘やー】

(Noun) Cave digger

Ryukyu (Yoron)

がんちがでぃ

(Expression) You are welcome; You're welcome; Don't mention it; It was nothing; My pleasure; No problem; No worries

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

がらみちゅん

(Verb) To work (for), to serve

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎさぐゎさ・ぐぁさぐぁさ

(Adverb) Swarming, clustering, gathering; rustling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーえーすーぶ【はーえー勝負】

(Noun) Race, foot race, running race

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちまち

(Noun) A type of hat resembling a Turkish fez historically worn by Ryukyuan men

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちにち【八日・8日】

(Noun) The eighth (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちにし【初西】

(Noun) First cold westerly winds of Fall

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はちしむ【初霜】

(Noun) First frost

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

はまちじゅい【浜千鳥】

(Noun) Sandpiper (Scolopacidae)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなぶっくゎ・はなぶっくぁ【鼻ぶっくゎ・鼻ぶっくぁ】

(Noun) Tip of the nose, nasal tip; nose

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんどーぐゎー・はんどーぐぁー【はんどー小】

(Name) Handōgwā

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はたらちゅん【働ちゅん】

(Verb) To work

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひんがーいか

(Noun) Purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikei)

ほんばかまー

(Noun) North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゃがらす【烏賊がらす・鰞がらす】

(Noun) Salted squid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちぐゎち・いちぐぁち【1月・一月】

(Noun) January

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちにんめー【一人前】

(Noun) A serving, a portion, a helping

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちぬくいん【生ち残いん・生残いん】

(Verb) To survive

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いなむどぅち【猪擬・豬擬・豕擬】

(Noun) White miso soup with pork, konnyaku, shiitake mushrooms and fish paste

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いなむるち【猪擬・豬擬・豕擬】

(Noun) White miso soup with pork, konnyaku, shiitake mushrooms and fish paste

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりちぐみ【煎米・炒米】

(Noun) Toasted rice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしぶーさー

(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしがんとー【石敢當】

(Noun) Shigandang, stone tablet or slab used for warding off evil spirits

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いしすーさー

(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

いっさとにゃう

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

いっしゃるまい

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いっしゃとばん

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いゆぬみー【魚ぬ目】

(Noun) Corn (on the foot), clavus

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いゆしし【魚肉】

(Noun) Fish and meat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じんくぃやー【銭くぃやー・銭くぃ人】

(Noun) Philanthropist, generous person

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

じゅういトにト【十一日・11日】

(Noun) The eleventh (day of the month); eleven days

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーがりもー

(Noun) Kappa (a mythical reptillian creature that inhabits rivers)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーらばんた【川端】

(Noun) Riverbank

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かびしち【紙漉ち・紙漉】

(Noun) Papermaking

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちゃーしー

(Noun) Okinawan folk dance performed at the end of a festival or gathering

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かちぐち【書ち口・書口】

(Noun) Written language

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かみにげー【神願・神願げー】

(Noun) Prayer to god, prayer to the gods

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんだんちー【寒暖計】

(Noun) Thermometer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

からじくぇー

(Noun) Longhorn beetle (Cerambycidae)

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

かしまさい【姦さい】

(I-Adjective) Annoying, noisy, irritating, bothersome

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かしまさん

(Sa-Adjective) Annoying, troublesome, irritating, unbearable, importunate

Ryukyu (Amami: Setouchi)

けィ・けェ【木】

(Noun) Tree

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぬふぁー【木ぬ葉】

(Noun) Foliage, leaves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぬかー【木ぬ皮】

(Noun) Bark, tree bark

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぬみー【木ぬ実】

(Noun) Nut, berry, cone

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きんごきんご・キンゴキンゴ

(Noun, Adverb) Shiny, shining, sparkling, radiant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

コッコレコー

(Noun) Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ココレッコー

(Noun) Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ryukyu (Amami)

こもりがま

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

こーがらし

(Noun) Chili pepper, cayenne pepper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーれーぐす【高麗胡椒】

(Noun) Chili pepper, cayenne pepper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くちしば【口しば】

(Noun) Lips

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くんくんしー・くんくんしい【工々四・工工四】

(Noun) Traditional Ryukyuan music notation system; Kunkunshi musical score

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くぬばすん

(Adverb) This time

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くすいいーび【薬指】

(Noun) Ring finger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くてぃーうし【特牛】

(Noun) Bull, ox

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

くよーなーら・くよおなあら

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっくゎすん

(Verb) To hide; to block the view, to obstruct the view

Ryukyu (Amami: Yoroshima)

くぁむりゃな・くゎむりゃな【子守】

(Noun) Babysitter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎらくゎら・くぁらくぁら

(Noun, Adverb) Bright, glaring, blazing, blinding

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まーみなくー【豆粉・豆な粉】

(Noun) Roasted soybean flour, roasted soy flour

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まちばらん【槙葉蘭・真木葉蘭・槇葉蘭】

(Noun) Wind orchid (Vanda falcata), samurai orchid

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まかねーやー【賄屋】

(Noun) Snack bar, luncheonette, bistro

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まっくゎばく・まっくぁばく【枕箱】

(Noun) A box with pillow used for sleeping; a box used for storing pillows

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まやーぐち【猫口】

(Noun) Sensitivity to hot foods or drinks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーゐきが

(Noun) Gentleman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

めーゐなぐ

(Noun) Lady

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーぬめー【眼の前・目の前】

(Noun) Before one's eyes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーがんちょー【目眼鏡】

(Noun) Glasses

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

みーまんつィ

(Noun) Rainbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーゐーっくゎ【姪甥子】

(Noun) Nieces and nephews

Ryukyu (Amami)

めィんぐィー【濁ぐィー】

(Noun) Muddiness, turbidity

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

もーいちゅび

(Noun) Japanese bramble (Rubus parvifolius)

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

むちゃむちゃ・ムチャムチャ

(Noun, Adverb, Adjective) Sticky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むちゃむちゃ・ムチャムチャ

(Noun, Adverb, Adjective) Sticky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むちかさん【難さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Difficult, hard, tough, hopeless

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むぬわしー【物忘】

(Noun) Forgetfulness

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なちかさん【悲かさん・懐かさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Sad, unhappy, sorrowful, melancholic

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかぐすく【中城】

(Name) Nakagusuku castle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にぐーにぐー

(Adverb) Slowly (chewing), calmy

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんじぶさん【寝んじぶさん・寝んじ欲さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Sleepy, drowsy, wanting to sleep

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んま

Where

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

んむ【雲】

(Noun) Cloud

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

のこんくしゅ

(Noun) Sawdust

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

ぬくんっくず

(Noun) Sawdust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬくたまいん【温たまいん】

(Verb) To warm up, to heat up

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬーでぃーじる【喉弦】

(Noun) Vocal cords

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

おぼらだーに

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

おぼらだれん

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Iejima)

っら・ぅら【己】

(Pronoun) You

Ryukyu (Amami)

っや【汝】

(Pronoun) You, yourself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るくぐゎち・るくぐぁち【6月・六月】

(Noun) June

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るー・どぅー【竜・龍】

(Noun) Dragon; tornado, waterspout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さちいーび【差ち指】

(Noun) Index finger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さちだち【先立ち・先立】

(Noun) Leading, leadership, lead

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さくらいる【桜色】

(Noun) Cherry blossom color, light pink

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さんぴんちゃ【さんぴん茶・香片茶】

(Noun) Jasmin tea, Sanpin tea

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さらみーむん【新新物・更新物】

(Noun) Brand new thing, something brand new

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さしいーび【差し指】

(Noun) Index finger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぶいち【四分一】

(Noun) One fourth, a quarter

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しちみゃん【しち見ゃん】

(Expression) Try it!; Give it a go!; Let's try this!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーいっぺー【精一杯】

(Noun, Adverb) With all one's might, to the best of one's ability

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーびーさん

(Sa-Adjective) A little chilly, a little cold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーくゎうい・しーくぁうい【西瓜瓜・水瓜瓜】

(Noun) Watermelon (fruit)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しからすん

(Verb) To be proficient, to be experienced, to excel

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しまちゃび【島痛び・島ちゃび】

(Noun) Sadness and distress of living on an isolated island; Island fever

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinawa)

しまぐち【島口】

(Noun) Island language, island dialect, island speech

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しみちぶ【墨壺・墨壷・墨壼・墨斗】

(Noun) Ink line (tool), line marker, sumitsubo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しなみち【砂道】

(Noun) Sandy road, sandy path

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんぐゎち・しんぐぁち【4月・四月】

(Noun) April

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しらちく【白菊】

(Noun) White chrysanthemum

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しりはじゅん

(Verb) To scrape one's skin, to get a scratch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるちく【白菊】

(Noun) White chrysanthemum

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるまやー【白まやー・白猫】

(Noun) White cat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

したなさん【汚さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dirty, filthy, unclean, messy

Ryukyu (Yoron)

しゅーぬゆる【今日ぬ夜】

(Noun, adverb) Tonight; this evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーじむやー

(Noun) Newt; sword-tailed newt (Cynops ensicauda), Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

そーりむやー

(Noun) Newt; sword-tailed newt (Cynops ensicauda)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

するるぐゎー・するるぐぁー

(Noun) Silver-stripe round herring (Spratelloides gracilis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーちゅーまー

(Noun) Notation system historically used in Okinawa Island and the Yaeyama Islands for accounting and record-keeping

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

すーじむやー

(Noun) Newt; sword-tailed newt (Cynops ensicauda), Anderson's crocodile newt (Echinotriton andersoni)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たちくち【立口・立ち口】

(Noun) Founder (of a family lineage), apical ancestor, progenitor

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu, Okinawa)

たちわち

(Noun) Sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たかどぅぐゎー・たかどぅぐぁー【高どぅぐゎー・高どぅぐぁー】

(Noun) Overhead window, clerestory window

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たまぐすく【玉城】

(Name) Tamagusuku castle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たなびちゅん【棚引ちゅん】

(Verb) To form a layer, to spread across

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

てっぽういか【鉄砲烏賊・鉄炮烏賊】

(Noun) Spear squid (Heterololigo bleekeri)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーぬあや【手ぬ綾・手ぬ文】

(Noun) Palm lines, palm print

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーぬくー【手ぬ甲】

(Noun) Back of the hand

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーぬちゅ【唐ぬ人】

(Noun) Chinese person, Chinese people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅびいちゃー

(Noun) Purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅちどぅち【時々・時時】

(Adverb) Sometimes, at times, now and then

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅんどーやー【通堂家】

(Noun) Quayside warehouse; empty warehouse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちふりーん【うち惚りーん】

(Verb) To be captivated, to be enthralled, to be enamoured, to be smitten, to be charmed

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

うへェーりゅム

(Verb) To open

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うむやーぐゎー・うむやーぐぁー【想やー小】

(Noun) Sweetheart

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Itoman)

うしべーべー

(Noun) Giant spider conch (Lambis truncata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うすぐらさん【薄暗さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dim, dark, dusky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うてぃしじみ【落てぃ沈み】

(Noun) Downfall, fall into ruin, collapse, undoing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うやふぁーふじ【親ふぁーふじ】

(Noun) Ancestor, forefather

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

わーつィけィ

(Noun) Weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかいびらん【分かいびらん】

(Formal, negative verb) To not understand, to not know

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わらびじむ【童肝】

(Noun) Child's mind, heart of a child, childlike innocence

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わっさいびーん【悪っさいびーん】

(Expression) Sorry; I'm very sorry; Please forgive me

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わたみーむん

(Noun) Internal organs, intestines, guts

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐなぐんぐゎ・ゐなぐんぐぁ

(Noun) Girl; daughter

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅがなびら【拝なびら】

(Expression) Pleased to meet you, It's a pleasure to see you

North (Akita, Aomori, Iwate), Ryukyu (Yamatu)

やがましい【喧しい】

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

North (Hokkaido, Fukushima), Chubu (Aichi, Ishikawa), Chugok...

やかましい【喧しい】

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やましし【山鹿】

(Noun) Wild boar, wild pig

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまとぅゆー【大和世】

(Noun) Japanese era, Japanese rule

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまとぅんちゅ【大和人】

(Noun) Japanese people, non-Ryukyuan Japanese, Japanese mainlanders

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなかーぎー【やな影】

(Noun) Homely, plain-looking, unsightly, ugly (said of a girl or woman)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくーゆくー

(Adverb) Carefully, closely, thoroughly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーちわい【四ち割い・四ち割・四割】

(Noun) Cut into fourths, divided into quarters

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ざんぬいゆ

(Noun) Dugong (Dugong dugon)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーしかがん【合し鏡】

(Noun) Two mirrors used to see behind one's head

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

あばりしゃはん【天晴りしゃはん】

(Sa-adjective) Pretty, beautiful, charming, lovely

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちねーんちゅ【商人】

(Noun) Merchant, trader, dealer

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あが・あがっ・あがー

(Interjection) Ouch!, Ow!

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

あかあけーだー

(Noun) Red dragonfly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あかみんたまー

(Noun) Blotcheye soldierfish (Myripristis berndti)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

アメリカゆー・あめりかゆー【アメリカ世・あめりか世】

(Noun) American era, American rule

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あしてぃびち【足てぃびち】

(Noun) Pig's feet soup, pig's trotter soup, pork feet stew

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hatoma)

あうたぬっふぁ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ばすぬない【芭蕉ぬ生い】

(Noun) Banana (fruit)

Ryukyu (Amami)

びきぬくぁ・びきぬくゎ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃーびらさい【来ゃーびらさい】

(Male Expression) May I enter? May I come in? Sorry for intruding; Hello

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゃーびらたい【来ゃーびらたい】

(Female Expression) May I enter? May I come in? Sorry for intruding; Hello

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちびがっさん【尻軽さん・尻がっさん】

(Sa-Adjective) Working all over the place, working carelessly, working in a carefree manner, working actively

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちびらーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Wonderful, magnificent, splendid; brisk, lively; good, nice

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちみたちゅん【積み立ちゅん・積立ちゅん】

(Verb) To accumulate

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ちんちらてぃ

(Noun) Skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Ryukyu (Amami)

ちょーじんぶら

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅっぷじっぷ

(Adverb) Sometimes, at times

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅらかーぎー【清ら影】

(Noun) Beautiful woman, pretty woman, pretty girl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だぬんならん

(Expression) To be unbelievable, to be unimagineable; to be unparalleled, to be unmatched, to be on a different level

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どーしーんちゅ【同性人・同性ん人】

(Noun) Homosexual, gay

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅなんむぬい【与那国物言】

(Noun) Yonaguni language, Yonaguni dialect

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

がらすひばー

(Noun) Pryer's keelback (Hebius pryeri)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ぎちぎちー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ごーぎぬくず

(Noun) Sawdust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐりーばんばん

(Noun) Okinawa tree lizard, Okinawa monkey lizard (Diploderma polygonatum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなふちゅん【鼻吹ちゅん】

(Verb) To snore

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなむしる【花筵・花蓆】

(Noun) Woven rush mat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひらやーちー【平焼ちー】

(Noun) Okinawan-style okonomiyaki

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひやみかすん

(Verb) To become motivated, to get motivated

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ほーちぶし【ほーち星・箒星・帚星】

(Noun) Comet

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いみしじく【夢しじく】

(Adverb) Frequently dreaming, incessantly dreaming

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いんとぅまやー【犬とぅ猫】

(Expression) Like cats and dogs, fight like cat and dog

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いらぶぬちゅー【沖永良部人・沖永良部ぬ人】

(Noun) Okinoerabu person, Okinoerabu people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりがんぶし【入り髪星・入髪星】

(Noun) Comet

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Nago)

いしびゅーさー

(Noun) Blue rock thrush (bird)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじばーばー・かじバーバー【風ばーばー・風バーバー】

(Noun) Strong wind

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かめーかめー【咬めー咬めー・噛めー噛めー】

(Expression) Please eat, come eat

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima: Isenchou)

からずぃんけぃ

(Noun) Hair

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima: Asama)

けーしゃとばい

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きぶしみー【煙みー】

(Noun) Chimney

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぬしん【木ぬしん】

(Noun) Treetop

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーたたちゃー【木叩・木啄】

(Noun) Okinawa woodpecker (Dendrocopos noguchii)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Koki)

キッキリッキー

(Noun) Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きんみーまち

(Noun) Golden eye jobfish (Pristipomoides flavipinnis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ここのそち【九十・90】

(Noun) Ninety

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーれーぐーす【高麗胡椒】

(Noun) Chili pepper, cayenne pepper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

クックルーウー

(Noun) Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ククックークー

(Noun) Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

くぁーきしぇー・くゎーきしぇー

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Thanks for preparing the food; I enjoyed my meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

くぇーがらすー

(Noun) Chili pepper, cayenne pepper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぃみそーれー【呉みそーれー・吳みそーれー】

(Imperative verb) Please

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

きゅーがめーら【今日がめーら】

(Expression) Hello, good day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まやーじくく

(Noun) Scops owl, horned owl; Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みーぬしん【目ぬ芯】

(Noun) Pupil (of the eye)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みじうんちぇー【水蕹菜・水甕菜】

(Noun) Water spinach, River spinach, Kangkong

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Torishima)

みみぬはー【耳ぬはー】

(Noun) Earwax

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

みみぬっす【耳ぬ屎・耳ぬ糞】

(Noun) Earwax

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Torishima)

みみぬたい【耳ぬたい】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

みんぬたる【耳ぬたる】

(Noun) Earlobe

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Kohama)

みんつィかみ【水瓶・水甕】

(Noun) Water jug

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Okinawa)

みるくぎーま

(Noun) Japanese chinalaurel (Antidesma japonicum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むゆーしむん【催し物・催物】

(Noun) Event, activity, attraction, entertainment

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

なーになゆん

(Intransitive Verb) To be missing, to be lost; to disappear

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ながやしみ【長休み・長休】

(Noun) Long break

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかばしる【中ばしる】

(Noun) Wooden sliding door, sliding screen door

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なかやしみ【中休み】

(Noun) Break, rest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にんじぶすく【寝んじ不足】

(Noun) Lack of sleep, sleep-deprived, insufficient rest

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んじちゃーびら【行じ来ゃーびら】

(Expression) I'll be back!, See you soon!, See you later!, I'm off

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぬじゅみどぅーい【望み通い】

(Noun) As one wishes

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

おーあたびかー

(Noun) Frog, green frog

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

おーりたぼーり

(Expression) Welcome, greetings (in a store, etc.)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さちうってぃー【一昨昨日・一昨々日】

(Noun) Three days ago

Kyushu (Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima), Ryuky...

せからしか

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

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちゃふぃじ【下髭】

(Noun) Beard (on the chin), goatee

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちがーら【敷瓦・敷ち瓦・甃】

(Noun) Paving tile

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちにち【七日・7日】

(Noun) The seventh (day of the month)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しがらなみ【しがら波】

(Noun) Tsunami, tidal wave

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しがりなみ【しがり波】

(Noun) Tsunami, tidal wave

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーじゃゐきー

(Noun) Older brother, big brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーじゃをぅない

(Noun) Older sister, elder sister

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーくゎーさー・しーくぁーさー【酢食ゎーさー・酢食ぁーさー】

(Noun) Shiikuwasha (Citrus × depressa)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しーみーぐゎー・しーみーぐぁー【蝉小・蟬小】

(Noun) Kaempfer's cicada (Platypleura kaempferi)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しからーさん

(Sa-Adjective) Lonely, lonesome, alone, desolate, sad

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinawa)

しまくとぅば【島言葉】

(Noun) Island language, island dialect, island speech

Ryukyu (Amami)

しまゆみた

(Noun) Island language, island dialect, island speech

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しむちち【霜月】

(Noun) November

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しにぬくいん【死に残いん・死残いん】

(Verb) To survive

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しんりきしゃ【人力車】

(Noun) Rickshaw

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しるいちゃー【白烏賊】

(Noun) Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

しるさーじゃー【白鷺】

(Noun) Egret, white heron

Ryukyu (Amami)

しょーじんぶら

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

そーけィぶねィ

(Noun) Rib

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すとぅみてぃむん【努みてぃ物】

(Noun) Breakfast

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たかばしる【高ばしる】

(Noun) Overhead window, clerestory window

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たかさいびーん【高さいびーん】

(Sa-Adjective) It's expensive, it's tall, it's high

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

てーどぅんむに【竹富物言・竹富むに】

(Noun) Taketomi dialect

Ryukyu (Amami)

てぃぶるばち【頭蜂】

(Noun) Hornet, yellowjacket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーぬくび【手ぬ首】

(Noun) Wrist

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーぬわた【手ぬ腸】

(Noun) Palm of the hand

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Ikei)

とーびいちゃー

(Noun) Purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅくぬしま【徳之島】

(Name) Tokunoshima

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅしゆるー【年夜】

(Noun) New Year's Eve

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちなーじら【沖縄面】

(Noun) Face of an Okinawan, Okinawan look

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちなーんちゅ【沖縄人】

(Noun) Okinawan, Okinawan person, Okinawan people; Okinawan speaker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちながにー

(Noun) Primal cut of loin

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

うふくんでーた

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うがみどぅーさ

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ウランダぐち・うらんだぐち【ウランダ口・うらんだ口】

(Noun) European language, Western language

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うりからあとぅ【うりから後・己りから後】

(Adverb) Afterwards, afterward, after that, thereafter, subsequently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うしはなすん【押し放すん】

(Verb) To push away

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うやぬちゃー【親ぬちゃー】

(Noun) Parents

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかりびーさ【別り冷さ・別り寒さ】

(Noun) Lingering winter cold

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかやびらん【分かやびらん】

(Formal, negative verb) To not understand, to not know

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わかやびたん【分かやびたん】

(Past verb) Understood, acknowledged

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わっこーねーん【悪こーねーん・悪っこーねーん】

(Negative sa-adjective) Not bad, not wrong, not uncalled, not improper

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わたぶんぶん【腸ぶんぶん】

(Expression) To be full, to be satiated, to be satisfied

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やいびーしが

(Conjunction) However, but

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまぐるち【山黒木】

(Noun) Smooth bee-bee tree (Tetradium glabrifolium var. glaucum)

Ryukyu (Yamatu)

やまとぐち【大和口】

(Noun) Standard Japanese

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまとぅぐち【大和口】

(Noun) Standard Japanese language, mainland Japanese

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまとぅみじゅん

(Noun) Smoothbelly sardinella (Amblygaster leiogaster)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなじぐーい【柳行李】

(Noun) Rectangular wicker basket, rectangular willow basket

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やんばるんちゅ【山原人・山原ん人】

(Noun) A person from Yanbaru, people from Yanbaru

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

やにまぶやー

(Noun) Lizard

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぇーやまぴとぅ【八重山人】

(Noun) Yaeyamans, Yaeyama People

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆでぃたまぐ【ゆでぃ卵・茹でぃ卵】

(Noun) Boiled egg

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくいどぅくる【ゆくい処・ゆくい所】

(Noun) Rest area, rest spot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆなぐしく【与那城】

(Name) Yonashiro, Yonagusuku

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima, Okinawa)

っやー・ぃやー・いゃー

(Pronoun) You, yourself

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あがりぬうみ【東ぬ海・上りぬ海】

(Noun) Pacific Ocean; Eastern sea

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

あかル・あかる°・あかり°

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あやみはびる

(Noun) Atlas moth

Ryukyu (Amami)

びきゃぬくぁ・びきゃぬくゎ

(Noun) Tadpole

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っちゅ【人】

(Noun) Person, people

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ちぶるばち【頭蜂】

(Noun) Japanese paper wasp (Polistes japonicus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちぶやまち【壺屋町・壺屋街】

(Noun) Pottery fair, ceramics fair, ceramic craft market

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

ちむどんどん【肝どんどん・胆どんどん】

(Noun) Heart pounding (with excitement), heart beating, heart racing; exciting, thrilling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむぐりさん【肝苦さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Lamentable, awful, deplorable; pitiful, pitiable, poor, sad, pathetic

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむぐるさん【肝苦さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Lamentable, awful, deplorable; pitiful, pitiable, poor, sad, pathetic

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむぢゅらさん【肝美らさん・肝清らさん】

(Noun) Beautiful heart, beautiful soul

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちんちきゆん

(Verb) To pinch

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーがなびら【今日拝なびら】

(Expression) Hello, good day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーじばーち【手水鉢】

(Noun) Washbasin, water bowl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

だましうち【だまし討ち・騙し討ち・騙し打ち】

(Noun) Sneak attack, surprise attack, ambush

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どぅーちゅいむにー【どぅー独い物言】

(Noun) Speaking to oneself; talking to oneself; soliloquy; monologue

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぇーぬくすー【蠅ぬ糞】

(Noun) Freckle

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

げェしけェてェ

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐゎー・ぐぁー・んぐゎ・んぐぁ【子・小】

(Noun suffix) Small or young child, animal

Ryukyu (Amami, Okinawa)

はちぐゎち・はちぐぁち【八月・8月】

(Noun) August

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はんぶんみち【半分道】

(Noun) Halfway

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ひんがーいちゃー

(Noun) Purpleback flying squid (Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis)

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いーぶさがってぃー【言い欲さがってぃー】

(Expression) To say everything one wants to say, to say everything on one's mind

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Shuri)

いーぶさかってぃー【言い欲さかってぃー】

(Expression) To say everything one wants to say, to say everything on one's mind

Ryukyu (Amami)

いもりんしょーれ

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いぬひとつば

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

かっきーせーたー

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Thanks for preparing the food; I enjoyed my meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かんぬむし【疳ぬ虫・癇ぬ虫】

(Noun) Bug blamed for various ailments among children

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かりーさびら【嘉例さびら・佳例さびら】

(Expression) Cheers!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぬむーとぅ【木ぬむーとぅ】

(Noun) Trunk, tree trunk

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

きむぎゅらさん【肝美らさん・肝清らさん】

(Noun) Beautiful heart, beautiful soul

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くちがっさん【口軽さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Loose-lipped, loose-tongued

Honshu (Standard), Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

クミスクチン

(Noun) Cat's whiskers (Orthosiphon aristatus)

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

クークークークー

(Noun) Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎーらくゎーら

(Noun, Adverb) Thundering, rumbling

Ryukyu (Amami)

くぁきしょーた・くゎきしょーた

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Thanks for preparing the food; I enjoyed my meal

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oganeku)

まーみーさーとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みみくじやー【耳くじやー】

(Noun) Earpick

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みんたふぬつ

(Noun) Earwax

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

なーになしゅん

(Transitive Verb) To lose (something)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ななちぶし【七ち星】

(Noun) Big Dipper, the Plough

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ならしいーび【均し指・平し指】

(Noun) Ring finger

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

にふたーはーぬ

(Adjective) Sleepy, tired, drowsy, dozy

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ぱじ【筈】

(Noun) Seems, appears, looks, should

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんじくーよー・ぅんじくーよー【行じ来よー】

(Expression) See you later

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんま・ぅんま【馬】

(Noun) Horse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんみ・ぅんみ【梅・楳】

(Noun) Plum, apricot

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんむ【芋】

(Noun) Potato, sweet potato, taro, tuber, cassava

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんなぐらーじぇー

(Noun) Grasshopper, locust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんに・ぅんに【稲】

(Noun) Rice plant

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima, Kunigami: Nago, Okinawa)

っわー・うゎー・ぅわー【豚・豕】

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

Ryukyu (Yoron)

っわー・うぁー

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

っわー・うゎー・ぅわー

(Noun) Pig, swine, hog

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya, Okinawa)

っゐー・うぃー【上】

(Noun) Up, (on) top, above

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゆん・いゅん【言ん】

(Verb) To say

Ryukyu (Amami, Kunigami: Sesoko, Kunigami: Benoki, Yoron)

っゆー・いゅー・ぃゆー【魚】

(Noun) Fish

Ryukyu (Amami)

さた・ざた【砂糖】

(Noun, suffix) Sugar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちぐゎち・しちぐぁち【7月・七月】

(Noun) July

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちながり【質流り】

(Noun) Forfeiture of a pawned item, redemption of a pawned item; forefeited collateral, item forfeited as collateral, forefeited pawn; foreclosure

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちにんち【七年忌】

(Noun) Seventh death anniversary

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちゅーまち

(Noun) Japanese snapper (Paracaesio caerulea)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぷからさん【塩辛さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Salty

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

してぃみてぃむん【努みてぃ物】

(Noun) Breakfast

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

そけーみしゃーん

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

そーみなーくー

(Noun) Birdcage; warbling white-eye cage

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

すーわーすーわー

(Noun) Cicada

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーちまちゃー【二ち巻ちゃー】

(Noun) A person with a double hair whorl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーちまちゅー【二ち巻ちゅー】

(Noun) A person with a double hair whorl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とーぬくち【唐ぬ口】

(Noun) Chinese language

Ryukyu (Yoron)

とーとぅがなし・とおとぅがなし【尊尊我無・尊々我無・尊加那志】

(Expression) Thank you, thanks; Nice to meet you

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

ってィみーきゆム

(Verb) To pinch

Ryukyu (Amami)

うがみしょーら・うがみしょうら

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu, Yoron)

うがみやぶら・をぅがみやぶら

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

うがみんせーら【拝みんせーら】

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Amami)

うがみしょーらん

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぐゎんぶとぅち・うぐぁんぶとぅち【御願解ち】

(Noun) End-of-year tradition of expressing one's thanks to a god or Buddha for fulfilling one's prayers or wishes

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

うじらどぅいぐゎー・うじらどぅいぐぁー【鶉鳥ぐゎー・鶉鳥ぐぁー】

(Noun) Quail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うきみそーちー【起きみそーちー】

(Expression) Good morning; Are you awake?

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみっんまぐゎー・うみっんまぐぁー【海馬子】

(Noun) Seahorse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うしぬちー【牛ぬ乳・牛乳】

(Noun) Milk, cow's milk

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うたいみそーち

(Expression) Thank you for your hard work

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

わたみたすん【腸満たすん】

(Expression) To be satiated, to be satisfied, to have eaten enough, to be full

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐきがしーじゃ【男しーじゃ】

(Noun) Older brother, elder brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐなぐしーじゃ【女子しーじゃ】

(Noun) Older sister, elder sister

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

をぅがみゃーぶら【拝みゃーぶら】

(Expression) Hello, good day

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ゆんぬふとぅば【与論言葉】

(Noun) Yoron language, Yoronjima language

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆーくーゆーくー

(Adverb) Carefully, closely, thoroughly

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんしんかんしん

(Adverb) At any rate, in any case, anyhow; no matter what; in no way

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぶる・ぶーる

(Noun) Everyone, everybody; all, everything

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちむちゅらさん【肝美らさん・肝清らさん】

(Noun) Beautiful heart, beautiful soul

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちおたぎいやった

(Expression) Passed away

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ふず・ふずー【去年】

(Adverb, noun) Last year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐぶりーさびら【御無礼さびら・ぐ無礼さびら】

(Expression) Please excuse me; Goodbye, bye

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

じゃしちどーぐ【座敷道具・坐敷道具】

(Noun) Bedding

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かーらかんじゅやー

(Noun) Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かふー・かふ【果報】

(Noun) Happiness, good fortune; karma, retribution

Ryukyu (Miyako)

かいス【軽石】

(Noun) Pumice (stone)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かくしまじま【各島々】

(Noun) Each island, every island

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

けーいみそーちー【帰いみそーちー】

(Expression) Welcome back, welcome home

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーちちちゃー【啄木鳥】

(Noun) Woodpecker

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まんちゃーまやー

(Noun) Calico cat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむんをぅーむん【雌雄】

(Noun) Male and female (animals)

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

みゃう・みゃふ【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーしるまぶい【苗代まぶい】

(Noun) Scarecrow

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Akajima)

ながじゅーかんたー

(Noun) Black paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にをぅい・にうい【匂い・匂】

(Noun) Smell, scent, odour

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

にゃう・にゃふ【猫】

(Noun) Cat, wildcat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

おーえー・おーいぇー

(Noun) Fight, quarrel, altercation, brawl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちみんちょー【七面鳥】

(Noun) Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

すーまんぼーすー【小満芒種】

(Noun) Rainy season

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーちまーちゃー【二ち巻ちゃー】

(Noun) A person with a double hair whorl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーちまーちゅー【二ち巻ちゅー】

(Noun) A person with a double hair whorl

Ryukyu (Miyako)

たんでぃがーたんでぃ

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

つぁん【虱・蝨】

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

Ryukyu (Miyako)

つスくス【月】

(Noun) Moon; month; monday

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

っつぁー・っつぁ【草】

(Noun) Grass

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅしぬゆる【年ぬ夜】

(Noun) New Year's Eve

Ryukyu (Yoron)

うがみしょーらん・うがみしょうらん

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

うがみやぶらー【拝みやぶらー】

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Amami, Kikai)

うがみんしょーら【拝みんしょーら】

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey, nice to see you, good morning, good evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うさがみそーれー

(Honorific expression) Please eat; Please go ahead and eat; Please enjoy your meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅーじ・をぅうじ・ううじ

(Noun) Sugar cane, sugarcane

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やーぬぬーし【家ぬ主】

(Noun) Landlord, landlady; house owner, home owner

Ryukyu (Amami: Oshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabu)

やまひとつば

(Noun) Inumaki, Buddhist Pine, Fern Pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やんばるがーみー【山原亀】

(Noun) Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle, Ryukyu leaf turtle (Geoemyda japonica)

Ryukyu (Miyako: Hirara, Miyako: Irabu)

やらびーやらび【童々】

(Adjective) Childish

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

いェねェんごーるん

(Verb) To be turbid, to be muddy, to be murky, to be cloudy, to be unclear; to be unclear, to be inaudible, to not be discernable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆくいみそーれー

(Expression) Good night

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゆさんでぃあけーい

(Noun) Sunset, evening glow, afterglow

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

っざー・ズざー

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あー・あ・やー

(Suffix) Person, people

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai: Aden)

あーい~・あーいー【蟻】

(Noun) Ant

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あぶだ・あぶた

(Noun) Mother, mom

Ryukyu (Yoron)

あひょー・あひょう

(Noun) North Pacific squirrelfish (Sargocentron spinosissimum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あやめーくさめー

(Noun) Hindrance, nuisance, obstacle

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

っちー【一日・1日】

(Noun) The first (day of the month); one day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちーちーかーかー

(Expression) Said when food is stuck in one's throat

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐぶりーさびたん【御無礼さびたん・ぐ無礼さびたん】

(Expression) You're welcome, don't mention it; excuse me, pardon me

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐすーじさびら【御祝事さびら・御祝儀さびら】

(Expression) Let's celebrate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はうい【羽織】

(Noun) Traditional outer garment or jacket resembling a short kimono

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぶりだーちゃー

(Noun) Goose bumps

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーぶるだーちゃー

(Noun) Goose bumps

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

こーれーぐすくぇー

(Noun) Okinawa tree lizard, Okinawa monkey lizard (Diploderma polygonatum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くびちりどぅし【首切り同士・首切り同志】

(Noun) Close friend, best friend, sworn friend, blood brother

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっくぃんどーれー

(Noun) Hide-and-seek, hide-and-go-seek

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まじゅんぬまやー【まじゅん飲まやー】

(Expression) Let's grab a drink; Let's go drinking together

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーなしいーび

(Noun) Ring finger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーだ・まーだ【未ーだ・未だ】

(Adverb) Not yet, yet, still

Ryukyu (Okinawa, Yamatu)

なんくるないさ

(Expression) Everything will be all right, it will all work out one way or another

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんじめんそーれー・っんじめんそーれー【行じめんそーれー】

(Expression) See you later

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

っんまー・ぅんまー【馬】

(Noun) Horse

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんみー・ぅんみー

(Noun) Older sister, big sister; unmarried woman, girl

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しちぶしち【好ち不好ち】

(Noun) Likes or dislikes, likes, preferences, picky

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しわーしじけー・しわーしぢけー【師走遣・師走遣けー】

(Noun) December expenses

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

たぼーらるなーら

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っちゅさしいーび【人差し指】

(Noun) Index finger

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Oku)

っとーしんぶーらー

(Noun) Newt; sword-tailed newt (Cynops ensicauda)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

っとぅむってぃぬいー【努むってぃぬいー】

(Noun) Breakfast

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅしぬゆるー【年ぬ夜】

(Noun) New Year's Eve

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

とぅしぬゆーる【年ぬ夜】

(Noun) New Year's Eve

Ryukyu (Amami)

うがみんしょーらい・うがみんしょうらい

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Amami)

うがみんしょーらん

(Expression) Hello, hi, hey; Nice to see you

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やんばるくみらー【山原水鶏】

(Noun) Okinawa Rail bird, Yanbaru Kuina

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あーがいいらぶちゃー

(Noun) Dark-capped parrotfish (Scarus oviceps); blue-barred parrotfish (Scarus ghobban)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あびゆん・あびーん

(Verb) To shout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちさかまらさ【暑さかまらさ】

(Noun) Heat sensitive, heat intolerant

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あちさかまらさー【暑さかまらさー】

(Noun) Heat-sensitive person, heat-intolerant person

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あがみ・あがっみ

(Noun) Infant, child, kid

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

あがい・あんがい・あか゚い【東・上い】

(Noun) East, eastern, eastward

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あんしぇーまたやー

(Expression) See you later, see you next time, bye

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

ちーさちまんとぅー

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅーをぅがなびら【今日拝なびら】

(Expression) Hello, good day

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

どぅなん【与那国】

(Noun) Yonaguni, Yonaguni Island

Ryukyu (Miyako: Yonaha)

ふすズ【薬】

(Noun) Medicine, medication, drug

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーえー・はーいぇー

(Noun) Running, jogging

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

いんかぎてぃもーいば

(Expression) Please eat, please go ahead and eat, please enjoy your meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

かんづ

(Noun) Cockscomb

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっくぃんとーるー

(Noun) Hide-and-seek, hide-and-go-seek

Ryukyu (Miyako)

まーすズ

(Verb) To die, to perish, to pass away

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

まじゅん・まじゅーん

(Noun, adverb) Together

Ryukyu (Miyako: Shimoji Minaai)

ムとぅびズ【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまけーやびたん【今帰やびたん】

(Expression) I'm back, I'm home

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ぴづズ【肘】

(Noun) Elbow

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Gushikawa)

とぅしぬゆーるー【年ぬ夜】

(Noun) New Year's Eve

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

うづら【鶉】

(Noun) Quail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うきーん・うきゆん【起きーん・起きゆん】

(Verb) To get up, to wake up

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

うんぐん・うぐん・うく゚ん【泳んぐん・泳ぐん・泳く゚ん】

(Verb) To swim

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うゆゑーぐゎーせー・うゆゑーぐぁーせー【御祝ぐゎーせー・御祝ぐぁーせー】

(Noun) Game of house, playing house

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

わーり・わーりぃ・わーりー

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

Ryukyu (Amami)

わんきゃ・わきゃ【我達・吾達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Miyako)

っざら・ズざら

(Noun) Sickle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんまが・ぅんまが【孫】

(Noun) Grandchild, grandchildren, grandkids

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あっちゃー【歩っちゃー】

(Noun) Walker, person who walks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あっちゅん【歩っちゅん・歩ちゅん】

(Verb) To walk, to stroll; to go out; to live healthy

Ryukyu (Amami)

ありがっさまりょーた

(Expression) Thank you very much, thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Amami)

ありげっさまりょーた

(Expression) Thank you very much, thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちちぬふぃちゃい【月ぬ光】

(Noun) Moonlight

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

ふっちゅ【大人】

(Noun) Adult, adults

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふーいん【封印】

(Noun) Seal, stamp

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ごーやーちゃんぷるー【苦瓜ちゃんぷるー】

(Noun) Goya chanpuru, Bitter melon stir-fry

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

はんまい【雷】

(Noun) Thunder

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いちゃりばちょーでー【行逢りば兄弟】

(Expression) From the moment we meet we are like brothers and sisters

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりえー【入相・入り相】

(Noun) Dusk, sunset, evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

カリークリスマス・かりークリスマス

(Expression) Merry Christmas

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きぶし・きぶい【煙】

(Noun) Smoke, fumes

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーうい【胡瓜・黄瓜】

(Noun) Cucumber

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

みしゃろるんねーらー

(Expression) Good morning, good day, hello

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんーめー・っんんめー

(Noun) Grandmother; old woman, elderly woman

Ryukyu (Yoron)

っにゃま・ぅにゃま【今】

(Noun, adverb) Now, at the present moment, currently

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っわーば・ぅわーば・うゎーば

(Noun) Extra, excess, excessive, superfluous, extraneous, unnecessary

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っわーび・ぅわーび・うゎーび【上辺】

(Noun) Outside, surface, exterior

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑーだ・うぇーだ【間】

(Noun) Between; while, during

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑーく・うぇーく

(Noun) Oar, paddle

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑんみ・うぇんみ

(Noun) Giving up, surrendering

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゐーいん・うぃーいん【植ゐーいん】

(Verb) To plant, to grow

Ryukyu (Amami)

っやきゃ

(Pronoun) You (plural), you guys, you all

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さっくい・さっくぃ【咳】

(Noun) Cough, coughing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぷたいあちさん【しぷたい暑さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Humid, sultry

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

たんみゃ

(Noun) Snail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うっちん【鬱金】

(Noun) Turmeric

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

ゑんかい【宴会】

(Noun) Feast, banquet

Ryukyu (Amami)

ヰードゥ イモシャッカー

(Expression) Welcome to Amami

Ryukyu (Tarama-Minna)

やっさル【安っさル】

(Sa-Adjective) Cheap

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ゆしちゃぷくるび

(Noun) Threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); Titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens)

Ryukyu (Miyako: Bora)

あふつス【欠伸】

(Noun) Yawn, yawning

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Hateruma)

ふふぁはん・っふぁはん【暗はん】

(Sa-Adjective) Dark, somber, gloomy, grim

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

ぐすく・ぐしく【城】

(Noun) Okinawan castle; Okinawan palace

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

はがに・はがにー【鏡】

(Noun) Mirror

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

はなぢ【鼻血】

(Noun) Nosebleed

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かがん・かんがん・かか゚ん【鏡】

(Noun) Mirror

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

くぐん・くんぐん・くく゚ん【漕ぐん・漕んぐん・漕く゚ん】

(Verb) To row, to paddle, to scull

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みーむなーをぅーむな【雌雄】

(Noun) Male and female (animals)

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

みぬんが・みぬが・みぬか゚【女ぬ子】

(Noun) Woman, women

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むどぅてぃめんそーちー【戻てぃめんそーちー】

(Expression) Welcome back, welcome home

Ryukyu (Miyako: Nagahama)

むとぅびズ【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

ぬんぐん・ぬぐん・ぬく゚ん【抜んぐん・抜ぐん・抜く゚ん】

(Verb) To remove, to extract

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

しぇーち・せーち【才知】

(Noun) Wit, sharpness, intelligence

Ryukyu (Okinawa: Kumejima)

うづらー【鶉】

(Noun) Quail

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima)

わっきゃー・わっきゃ【我達・吾達】

(Pronoun) We, us, ourselves

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

をぅにげー・うにげー【御願・をぅ願ー・う願ー・をぅ願げー・う願げー】

(Noun) Desire, wish, request

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

~ありゆん・~ありーん

(Verbal ending) Potential (to be able to) or passive verb ending

Ryukyu (Amami)

ありがっさまありょーた

(Expression) Thank you very much, thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Amami)

ありがたさまありょた

(Expression) Thank you very much, thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Amami)

ありがてさまありょーた

(Expression) Thank you very much, thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちゅあみ【一雨】

(Noun) Rain, rainfall, shower

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふぃっちー【一日・1日】

(Noun) The first (day of the month); one day; all day long

Ryukyu (Miyako)

ふつ・ふィつス【口】

(Noun) Mouth; speech, language, dialect; gate, entryway

Ryukyu (Okinoerabu)

いっちゅび【苺・莓】

(Noun) Strawberry, wild strawberry

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かっちん【勝連】

(Name) Katsuren, town of Katsuren

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きーっんむ【木芋】

(Noun) Cassava (root)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みっちゃい【三人・3人】

(Noun) Three people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぱっちー

(Noun) Children's game similar to milk caps or Pogs

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんぶさん【重さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Heavy; sluggish, lethargic, weary, worn out

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんぶしー・ぅんぶしー

(Noun) Stew consisting of vegetables, tofu and pork, simmered in with miso

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぇーきー・っゑーきー

(Noun) Rich person, wealthy person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゐっちゅ・うぃっちゅ【老人】

(Noun) Old person, elderly person

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゐーじゅん・うぃーじゅん【泳じゅん】

(Verb) To swim

Ryukyu (Amami: Koniya)

っゐーゆム・うぃーゆム

(Verb) To plant, to grow

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るくにん・どぅくにん【六人・6人】

(Noun) Six people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るーちゅー・どぅーちゅー【琉球】

(Noun) Ryukyu

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーいゆ【田魚】

(Noun) Crucian carp (Carassius carassius)

Ryukyu (Tokunoshima, Okinawa)

うふっちゅ【大人】

(Noun) Adult, adults

Ryukyu (Amami)

あいがてさまありょーた

(Expression) Thank you very much, thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

どーしーぬにーびち【同性ぬにーびち】

(Noun) Same-sex marriage, same-sex wedding

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ふしぬやーうーちー【星ぬ家移】

(Noun) Shooting star, meteor

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はなぢー・はなじー【鼻血】

(Noun) Nosebleed

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりけーらしみそーれー

(Expression) May I have a second helping?; May I have another?

Ryukyu (Miyako)

かなまズ

(Noun) Head

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むんじゅる・むんじゅるう・むんじゅるー

(Noun) Straw, straw hat, Munjuru; Traditional Okinawan folk dance and music

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さびさん・さびっさん【淋さん・寂さん】

(Sa-Adjective) Lonely, lonesome, desolate

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぇーさち・えーさち【挨拶】

(Noun) Greeting, greetings, salutation

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

あっちゃめー

(Noun) Improvised dancing, impromptu dance

Ryukyu (Kunigami: Benoki)

っちくいん【作いん】

(Verb) To make, to produce

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っちゅぐとぅ

(Noun) Socializing with someone, interacting with someone; companionship, acquaintanceship

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っちゅなり【人慣り・人馴り】

(Noun) Being used to people, being accustomed to people

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ちっちゅー【吉兆・吉徴】

(Noun) Auspicious sign, good omen

Ryukyu (Yaeyama: Taketomi)

げェしけェてェ〜

(Noun) Praying mantis

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ぐすーよー・ぐすうよう【御総様】

(Noun) Everyone, everybody

Ryukyu (Amami: Kikai)

いっちゃさい【短さい・短さい】

(Sa-Adjective) Short

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

きっちゃき

(Noun) Stumbling

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くゎっちー・くぁっちー

(Noun) Feast, dinner, meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

んじふに【出船】

(Noun) Setting sail

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんみいる・ぅんみいる【梅色】

(Noun) Brown, orange-brown, yellow-brown

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑーゆみ・うぇーゆみ

(Noun) (Someone else's) bride

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゐーんぐゎ・っゐーんぐぁ・うぃーんぐゎ・うぃーんぐぁ

(Noun) First child

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

るーさがい・どぅーさがい【竜下がい・龍下がい】

(Noun) Tornado, waterspout

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たーっんむ【田芋】

(Noun) Taro cultivated in a shallow field of water

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うっちぇーいん

(Verb) To be turned over, to be flipped over; to be inside out, to be upside down; to switch sides, to betray; to reverse, to regress

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やなっちゅ【やな人】

(Noun) Bad person

Ryukyu (Yoron)

ひゅーやをぅがみゃーびらん【今日や拝みゃーびらん】

(Expression) Hello, good day

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いみそーれー・いみそーれ

(Expression) Please enter, Please come in, Welcome

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みんぐぃゆん【濁ぐぃゆん】

(Verb) To be turbid, to be muddy, to be murky, to be cloudy, to be unclear; to be unclear, to be inaudible, to not be discernable

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なーべらー・なーべーらー

(Noun) Luffa, loofah, sponge cucumber

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまちゃん【今来ゃん・今ちゃん】

(Expression) I'm back, I'm home

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

なまぐる【今頃・今ぐる】

(Noun, adverb) Around this time

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゐーそーぐゎちでーびる【良正月でーびる・良い正月でーびる】

(Expression) Happy New Year

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いりうむてぃ【西表】

(Noun) Iriomote

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かいだーでぃー・かいだでぃ【かいだー字・かいだ字】

(Noun) Kaida glyphs, Kaida script, Kaida Moji, Kaida writing system

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かりゆしうんぬきやびら

(Expression) Congratulations

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っんまりびー・ぅんまりびー【生日・生まり日】

(Expression) Birthday

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っわーぼーいー・うゎーぼーいー・ぅわーぼーいー

(Noun) Traditional jacket or robe worn over a dujin

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑんださん・うぇんださん

(Sha-Adjective) Gentle, docile, obedient, well-behaved

Ryukyu (Miyako, Tarama-Minna)

しゅむつス【書物】

(Noun) Book

Ryukyu (Amami)

うがしなっ

(Interjection) Really

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やまっんむ【山芋】

(Noun) Japanese mountain yam (Dioscorea japonica)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぇーご・いぇいご・えいご【英語】

(Noun) English language

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーえーすん・はーいぇーすん

(Verb) To run

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いーびんぐぁー・いーびんぐゎー【指小・指子・指んぐぁー・指んぐゎー】

(Noun) Little finger, pinky finger

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みかぢち・みかじち【三日月】

(Noun) Crescent moon, sickle moon; crescent-shaped; third day of the new moon

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

さびくーいん【錆びくーいん】

(Verb) To rust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くるじゃーたー・くるざーたー【黒砂糖】

(Noun) Brown sugar

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っわーちち・ぅわーちち・うゎーちち

(Noun) Weather

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑーだいにん・うぇーだいにん【親内裏人】

(Noun) Palace official, official

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑーか・ぅゑーか・うぇーか・えーか

(Noun) Relative, relatives, kindred, kinsfolk, kinfolk

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うぇーきんちゅ・っゑーきんちゅ【うぇーきん人・っゑーきん人】

(Noun) Rich person; rich people; the rich; wealthy individual

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うみあっちゃー【海あっちゃー】

(Noun) Fisherman, sailor, seafarer, seaman

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やちっんむ【焼ち芋・焼芋】

(Noun) Roasted sweet potato, baked sweet potato

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

はーえーないん・はーいぇーないん

(Verb) To run, to go for a run

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かじかきゆん・かじかきーん

(Verb) To promise, to make a promise, to make sure of, to ensure; to call attention to, to emphasize

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

すとぅむでぃみしゃろるんねーらー

(Adjectival phrase) Good morning

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っちゅぬじむん

(Noun) Con artist, swindler, fraudster, deceiver

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

かっちかぬん

(Verb) To grab

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

かいんぐ・かいく゚・かいぐぅ

(Noun) Eggs, egg

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

またっんまが・またぅんまが

(Noun) Great-grandchild

Ryukyu (Miyako)

みゃーくふつ・みゃーこふつ【宮古口・宮古言・宮古ふつ】

(Noun) Miyako language, Miyako dialect

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゑぐんしょり・うぇぐんしょり

(Noun) (Someone else's) daughter, young lady

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゐーりきさん・うぃーりきさん

(Sa-Adjective) Interesting, amusing, funny

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っゐーるきさん・うぃーるきさん

(Sa-Adjective) Interesting, amusing, funny

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うまりびーかりゆしやいびーん【生日かりゆしやいびーん】

(Expression) Happy Birthday

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むっちちゅーん【持っち来ゅーん】

(Verb) To bring over, to bring

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

むっちいちゅん【持っち行ちゅん】

(Verb) To carry (away), to take

Ryukyu (Amami)

しまゆむた・しまゆむさ【島口】

(Noun) Amami language, Amami dialect, Island language, Island speech

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たびぬっちゅ【旅ぬ人】

(Noun) Traveler

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

やちっんまが・やちぅんまが

(Noun) Great-grandchild

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くーいゆ【くー魚・鯉魚】

(Noun) Carp

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

にふぇーでーびる【御拝でーびる・二拝でーびる】

(Expression) Thank you, thank you very much

Ryukyu (Kunigami, Okinawa)

にへーでーびる【御拝でーびる・二拝でーびる】

(Expression) Thank you, thanks

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

うちなーぐち・うちなあぐち【沖縄口】

(Noun) Okinawan language, Okinawan dialect, Uchinaguchi

Ryukyu (Yaeyama)

よーんなりすんが・よーんなりすが

(Expression) Good evening

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っわーびちゅらー・ぅわーびちゅらー・うゎーびちゅらー【上辺清らー】

(Noun) Someone who is beautiful on the outside

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

たびぬっちゅー【旅ぬっちゅー】

(Noun) Traveler

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぁっちーさびら・くゎっちーさびら

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!; Dig in!

Ryukyu (Yoron)

っわーちたばーり

(Expression) Welcome, greetings

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

っわーぐゎーちびー・ぅわーぐゎーちびー・うゎーぐゎーちびー【豚子尻】

(Noun) Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum)

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

てぃーあれー【手洗・手洗れー・手洗ー】

(Noun) Washbasin, sink, basin; cleaning water; washroom, lavatory, bathroom; hand-wash, hand-washing

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くわっちーさびら

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Let's eat!

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くぁっちーさびたん・くゎっちーさびたん

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Thanks for preparing the food; I enjoyed my meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

みじうし【水牛】

(Noun) Water buffalo

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

くわっちーさびたん

(Expression) Thank you for the meal; Thanks for preparing the food; I enjoyed my meal

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

ゑんちゅ・っゑんちゅ・うぇんちゅ・えんちゅ

(Noun) Mouse, rat, rodent

Ryukyu (Yonaguni)

すーうがむ・すーうんがむ・すーうか゚む【今日拝む】

(Expression) Hello, good day, nice to see you

Ryukyu (Miyako: Ogami)

きーぬぷくス

(Noun) Sawdust

Ryukyu (Okinawa)

いぃーっわーちちでーびる【良ーっわーちちでーびる】

(Expression) The weather is nice, isn't it?