どげんかせんといかん

expression

I have to do something; something must be done

Miyazaki dialect phrase meaning 'I/we must do something about it'. Popularized nationally by former Miyazaki governor Hideo Higashikokubaru in 2007. Equivalent to standard Japanese どうにかしなければならない.

See also: どうにかして

• このままではいかん。どげんかせんといかん。

  We can't leave things as they are. We have to do something.

• 東ひがし国こく原ばる知ち事じの「どげんかせんといかん」は全ぜん国こく的てきに有ゆう名めいになった。

  Governor Higashikokubaru's 'dogenka sen to ikan' became famous nationwide.