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べらんめえ口く調ちょう

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Meanings

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noun

rough Tokyo dialect; crude speaking; vulgar language

Refers to a coarse, blunt way of speaking associated with old downtown Tokyo (Edokko), often used by working-class characters in fiction. Can describe both the dialect itself and a person's manner of speech.

See also: べらんめえ調