noun
Tokyo dialect; Tokyo accent
Refers to the dialect of Japanese spoken in Tokyo, often considered the basis of standard Japanese (標準語).
彼は東京弁を話す。
He speaks the Tokyo dialect.
東京弁には独特のイントネーションがある。
The Tokyo dialect has a distinctive intonation.
関西弁 is the Kansai dialect, a major regional dialect often contrasted with Tokyo speech.
Compound of 東京 (Tokyo) and 弁 (dialect, speech).