方言 (ほうげん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

方言 (ほうげん) means dialect / regional speech.

See example sentences below.

方言 at a glance

方言

ほうげんhougen

N2noun

dialect / regional speech

方言ほうげんhougenN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

dialect / regional speech

Example 1

この地方の方言は難しいです。

Translation

The dialect of this region is difficult.

Example 2

友達は大阪の方言を話します。

Translation

My friend speaks the Osaka dialect.