Wednesday, May 4, 2016

(1059) The Japanese language is not always what you think it is


A decorative poster in our room: a board styled as a "banzuke" (番付) translating words and expressions from the Iwate dialect to regular Japanese. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr)

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