Tsugaru-ben Dictionary
For now this page will consist of a small sample of Tsugaru-ben words. But the goal is to eventually implement a searchable database. This is already in the works, its just not integrated into the website yet.
If you can understand Japanese, you can find a good list of Tsugaru-ben words here: http://www2d.biglobe.ne.jp/~oga/tsugaru/ben.html.
In the future, I hope to be able to provide more detailed information on parts of speech and morphology so you can better understand how the words are functioning and possible inflections.
Nouns
| Tsugaru-ben |
Standard Japanese |
English |
わ
|
私 |
I, me
|
| おめ |
あなた |
you |
わんど
|
私達 |
We, us (combination of わ + はんど (たち)
|
| めへ |
店 |
Shop
|
ばげ（ばんげ）
|
夕べ
|
Evening (usually pronounced with n)
|
| おぼこ |
赤ちゃん
|
Baby
|
| わらはど（わらなど） |
子どもたち |
Children
|
| わらし |
子ども |
Child |
| じゃま |
高度
|
Height |
くんぴた
|
首 |
Neck (アイヌ語)
|
| だんぶり |
トンボ
|
Dragonfly
|
| きみ |
玉蜀黍 |
Corn |
Verbs
| Tsugaru-ben |
Standard Japanese |
English |
| はっける (一段) |
走る |
to run |
| あさぐ |
歩く |
to walk |
| けっぱる |
がんばる |
to do one's best |
Adjectives
| Tsugaru-ben |
Standard Japanese |
English |
| あずましい |
ゆったりして |
Comfortable |
| さんび |
寒い |
Cold |
| まいねぇ |
駄目 |
No good |
Particles
| Tsugaru-ben |
Notes |
| さ |
Postposition (similar to に in Std Jpn) |
| べ |
Hortative |
| ぁ |
Topic Particle, barely pronounced after a noun (same as は in Std Jpn) |
Inflection
Adjective or verb -te form will often change from "kute" to "fute" or "shite". For example, 寒くて (samukute) would be さんびして (sambishite). まめしい (mameshii), a Tsugaru-ben word meaning diligint would be mameshishite in its -te form.（