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
彼はべらんめえ口調でまくし立てた。
He rattled on in a rough Tokyo dialect.
時代劇の登場人物はよくべらんめえ口調で話す。
Characters in period dramas often speak in a crude Edo dialect.