edoben

A Japanese dialect spoken in Tokyo. Generally considered a working-class dialect and is heavily associated with certain "downtown" wards of Tokyo located on the eastern side. This dialect is sometimes also called the Shitamachi dialect (Shitamachi-kotoba, lit. "Downtown Speech".)

The stereotypical phrase associated with this dialect is "beranmee" (corruption of "beranbou"), roughly meaning "bloody fool" or "frickin' idiot". Edoben is thus also sometimes called the beranmee-kuchou, or the "Beranmee Accent". Another common phrase is "teyandee", i.e. "The hell are ya sayin'?"

Other features of this dialect includes a lack of distinction between /shi/ and /hi/ (resulting in shichi sounding like "hichi"), as well as "fronting" of /ju/ to /ji/ (this results in juujutsu being pronounced like "jiu-jitsu"). The sounds of /ai ae ie oi/ also tends to be converted into a long /e/ sound, resulting in taihen and sugoi being pronounced as "teehen" and "sugee".

Characters of the "edokko" archetype (Rowdy Child of Edo/Tokyo) tend to speak with a distinctive Edoben accent.

Edoben is usually adapted into a colloquial-sounding English in translations, with greater emphasis on use of contractions and other colloquialisms. On Danbooru, heavier accents of Edoben are sometimes adapted into Cockney English.

Notable speakers

• Bloodberry (Saber Marionette J)
• Chibita (Osomatsu-kun)
• Fujibayashi Sheena (Tales of Symphonia)
• Inari One (Umamusume)
• Fujitora (One Piece)
• Okita Sougo (Gintama) Speaks unaccented Japanese in flashback scenes
• Onozuka Komachi (Touhou) Usually light
• Pyonkichi (Dokonjou Gaeru)
• Senji Muramasa (Fate/Grand Order) Also has an "old man" dialect
• Suzukaze (Kantai Collection) Heavy
• Tanikaze (Kantai Collection) Accent varies; sometimes sounds fake
• Yanagiwara Maron (High School Fleet)
• Simon Blackquill (Ace Attorney)

See also

• Yamanoteben
• Tag group:Japanese dialects