JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – bonito (a type of fish)

Japanese – katsuo (???)

Hogen – kachuuiyu (??????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – daikon (a type of radish)

Japanese – daikon (????)

Hogen – deekunii (?????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – potato

Japanese – imo (??)

Hogen – nmu????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect):

English – goat

Japanese – yagi (??)

Hogen – fuiijyaa (??????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – bitter melon

Japanese – nigauri?(????)

Hogen – gooyaa (????)*

*This particular food item is most commonly associated with the local island cooking. However, bitter melon cuisine is not limited to Okinawa.

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – pumpkin

Japanese – kabocha?(????)

Hogen – chinkuwaa?(?????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – funa (a type of fresh water river fish)

Japanese – funa (??)

Hogen – taaiyu (????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – hechima (a squash-like vegetable dried and used as a luffa on mainland Japan, but used for cooking on Okinawa)

Japanese – hechima?(???)??

Hogen – naabeeraa?(??????)

Weekly Hogen (Okinawan Dialect) :

English – samurai (a specific type of traditional Japanese soldier)

Japanese – samurai (???? or ??)

Hogen – samuree?(????)