Kansaibenkyou.net - Na-adjectives

げす(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:21:34 +0000

crude; declasse

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Standard:

げひん(な)

Standard kanji:

下品(な)

Example:

あの人、いっつも人の悪口ばっかり言うてげすな人やわ。
That person is always saying bad mouthing people--very crude.

Commentary:

This word is now very rarely used.

さら(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:48:21 +0000

new (thing)

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Kanji:

新(な)

Standard:

あたらしい

Standard kanji:

新しい

Commentary:

さら is a reading for 新.
Some people use さらピン, which comes from しんぴん(新品).
Also see まっさら.

せっしょう(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 07:04:24 +0000

cruel; heartless; brutal

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Kanji:

殺生(な)

Standard:

むごい

Standard kanji:

惨い

Example:

A: 私以外の女としゃべったら、別れるで。
B: ええっ!?　そんな殺生な。

A: If you talk to any other girl, I'm done with you.
B: What? That's pretty brutal.

なんぎ(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:55:56 +0000

hard; difficult; a pain in the neck (when applied to a person)

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Kanji:

難儀(な)

Standard:

めんどう(な)／むずかしい／こまった

Standard kanji:

面倒(な)／難しい／困った

Example:

うっとこの息子、遊んでばっかりでいっこも仕事せえへん。なんぎやわあ。
My son does nothing but play around and won't work a bit--a real pain to deal with.

Commentary:

まっさら(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:21:00 +0000

brand new (thing)

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Kanji:

真っ新(な)

Standard:

まあたらしい

Standard kanji:

真新しい

Commentary:

Also see さら.

あほ(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:18:38 +0000

fool; stupid; idiot

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Kanji:

阿呆(な)

Standard:

ばか(な)

Standard kanji:

馬鹿(な)

Example:

おまえ、ほんまにあほやなあ。
You know, you're really an idiot.

あほなことばっかり言うてんと、早よ仕事しぃ。
Stop talking garbage and get back to work.

Commentary:

According to some research on あほ and ばか, people in Kansai tend to feel that あほ is much softer than ばか, while people in Kanto feel the opposite. However, whichever word you use, the feeling depends on how you say it, so be careful.

いけず(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:34:00 +0000

mean; spiteful

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Standard:

いじわる(な)

Standard kanji:

意地悪(な)

Example:

そんないけずなこと言わんと、これ買うてえなあ。
C'mon, don't be so mean, just buy this for me...

けったい(な)

Yukawa Keiko — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:38:21 +0000

strange; odd; weird

Word type:

Na-adjectives

Standard:

へん(な)

Standard kanji:

変(な)

Example:

あんた、けったいな服着てるなあ。それどこで買うたんや？
You're wearing some weird clothes. Where did you buy them?