Talk:Kansai region
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- naa (なぁ or なー, Osaka dialect) -- One of the ten non-English words that were voted hardest to translate in June 2004 by a British translation company.
So what does it mean? What are the other nine? More info on this list, please. Garrett Albright 18:40, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
- Not sure it would be relevant to this article. Can you suggest a different article where it would be more germane? Fg2 01:23, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
- Japanese dialects#Kinki (Kansai), perhaps? なあ is already there, actually, but its definition is vague. Anyway, it doesn't have to go in an article; you could just tell me about the list on this talk page. :P Garrett Albright 05:12, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
- If it belongs anywhere, that would be a sensible place. I don't know what it means in the Kansai dialect, nor do I know what the other nine were. Sorry! Fg2 06:00, July 29, 2005 (UTC)
- Japanese dialects#Kinki (Kansai), perhaps? なあ is already there, actually, but its definition is vague. Anyway, it doesn't have to go in an article; you could just tell me about the list on this talk page. :P Garrett Albright 05:12, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Definition of "Kansai"
According to the Kojien, the historical definition of the term "kansai" is as follows: ①近江逢坂の関以西の地, or "The area to the west of the Oumi-Osaka Checkpoint". "Western Checkpoint" would be the exact opposite of this, as the checkpoint itself is east of the territory bound by it. I changed the definition in the article and added citation. -- Exitmoose 06:07, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Universities and Airports
Neither Kanto region nor Tohoku region lists every major university and airport. It really clutters what otherwise would be short, succinct article. If there are no objections, I'll cut both lists. -- Exitmoose 06:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] References
Hello, Exitmoose,
If you read Japanese wikipedian article, I think you will understand Takatori castle is the largest mountain-top castle in Japan. But I will try to find an English reference.--218.228.162.95 06:56, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
- I don't doubt that. I removed the image because of its poor quality, not because of lack of citation. I tried to find a substitute image, but there weren't any on the Commons. Is it possible that we could get a better image? -- Exitmoose 01:30, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
Ohhh, I see. I hope I will be able to get some within a year..... and Thank you for modifying too.--219.122.169.128 08:43, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
