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It's hard to understand the Osaka dialect.
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oosaka
noun
  1. Osaka (city, prefecture)
  2. large hill
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hougen
noun
  1. dialect; provincialism
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kikitoru

masu stem

kikitori
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
  2. to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
gatai
suffix, i adjective
  1. difficult to ...; hard to ... (after -masu stem of verb)

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