Kansai-ben Resources
I’ve been collecting content for immersing in Kansai-ben (関西弁), and I figured I’d put the resources I have in one place. Below is a list of YouTube channels I think would be useful, as well as some downloadable resources. Huge thanks to Fin for providing me with most of the channels below.
YouTube channels
- 樋口楓 / Higuchi Kaede
- ヒカル / Hikaru
- Mumei
- HANAKIN
- ニンとけい
- ruru_mikuma
- asukasanchi
- ダイアン / daian_youandtube
- ダイアン津田のゴイゴイスーチャンネル
- 森脇梨々夏
- ダイアン ユースケ / daian_yusuke
- どんまい川畑
- 霜降り明星 / shimofuritube
- とろサーモン / tokuivideo
- かまいたち
- やまうち界隈
- osakataro
Downloadable resources
Pitch accent dictionary
A pitch accent dictionary containing 84k words, many are duplicates to account for regional variation.
Kaede members-only decks
A big collection of subs2srs decks for Kaede’s members-only videos. It also includes the transcriptions, condensed audio, and links to the original videos.
Hikaru hand-transcribed deck
A subs2srs deck for Hikaru with cards from all of his hand-transcribed videos, plus a list of every video included.