Colloquial Kansai Dictionary is a website that serves as a quick reference for the material taught in Colloquial Kansai Japanese. If you're looking to learn new words/phrases used in the Kansai region of Japan or quickly review points you're not familiar with, then this is just for you! Choose one of the links below to start brushing up on your Kansai-ben!
Online Version: https://sethclydesdale.github.io/colloquial-kansai-dictionary/
Offline Version: download
If you're interested in learning Japanese, please see this guide!
Quick Links
- Using the Offline Version
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Suggestions, Feedback, Bug Reports
- Resources for Studying Japanese
- Special Thanks
- Donate
If you're using the offline version you'll have to unzip the files. Once you've done that, you can access the website offline by opening any of the index.html files in the browser of your choice. It should have the same experience as the online version, however, whenever new changes are made they will not be available; you'll have to download the latest version of the repository to get them.
Colloquial Kansai Dictionary supports a few keyboard shortcuts which you can use to make things easier. These shortcuts are typically used via CTRL+ALT+KEY for Windows and CMD+SHIFT+KEY for Mac.
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| CTRL+ALT+F | Toggle Furigana on/off |
| CTRL+ALT+D | Toggle Dark Mode on/off |
| CTRL+ALT+M | Open Settings Manager |
| CTRL+ALT+N | Open/Close the Quick Navgation |
| CTRL+ALT+Q | Open/Close the Quick Dictionary |
If you have any suggestions, feedback, questions, or bugs to report, feel free to open a new issue in this repository. For alternative contact methods and detailed reporting information, please see the report page for Colloquial Kansai Dictionary.
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- Capture2Text (very useful for copying and looking up kanji in games, images, etc.)
- Yomichan (for quickly looking up words while reading, or for using the search page in tandem with Capture2Text)
- KanjiTomo (useful for reading manga, LNs, etc.)
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- Kansai Dialect Self-study Site (lots of useful info and resources for Kansai-ben)
- 京言葉 (grammar and accent info for Kyoto-ben; Japanese only)
- Tobira Grammar Index (for intermediate to advanced grammar explanations)
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- Itazuraneko's Grammar Master Reference (another great resource for looking up grammar points)
- Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese (great for beginner explanations)
- Imabi (very useful for more advanced learning/explanations)
- /r/LearnJapanese Wiki (additional resources, guides, etc.)
Colloquial Kansai Dictionary was made possible thanks to...
- DC Palter & Kaoru Slotsve for Colloquial Kansai Japanese.
- Everyone who helped support or contribute to this project, whether it was on GitHub or outside of it.
The following resources were used in this project.
- Font-Awesome for the awesome icons.
If you found this project helpful and would like to donate, please see the Donate page for ways to support my work.