方言 (Hougen) is a Japanese noun meaning “dialect, provincialism”.
Meanings
- noundialect; provincialism
Examples
大阪の方言は聞き取り難い。
It's hard to catch words in the Osakan dialect.
彼らは南部の方言で話していた。
They were speaking in a Southern dialect.
トムはジョンが方言を使うのでいつもからかう。
Tom always makes fun of John because of his dialect.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).