Kansai-ben: 01. Fish shop

Location: Kansai Dialect Self-study Site / Ch5. Talk in Town /

1.魚屋(さかなや)で (At a fish shop in Otsu, Shiga)

[Context] ミツエさん is in a fish shop on the shopping street in her neighborhood. She just decided to buy two packs of にしん (herring).

Vocabulary List

- にしん herring
  盛(も)り合(あ)わせ assorted dish
  商店街(しょうてんがい)shopping street
  はまち young yellowtail
  さわら Spanish mackerel
  味噌漬(みそづ)け fish/vegetables preserved in miso
  漬(つ)ける preserve; marinade; soak
  ぶり yellow tail
  ぐじ＝あまだい snapper, Japanese tilefish

内容質問(ないようしつもん)(Content Questions)

Q1: How much is the assorted sashimi they recommend?

200-yen.
800-yen.

600-yen.

Q2: Why is the fish shop not busy?

The shop is not popular on Wednesday.
Most of fish was sold out earlier of the day.

It’s Wednesday and not many shops on the shopping street are open.

Q3: Why did ミツエさん ask about big fish?

She wanted to buy 味噌漬(みそづ)け of a big fish for lunch today.
She wanted to buy 味噌漬け of a big fish since this shop usually sells delicious ones.
She wanted to make 味噌漬け since she bought good miso.

She wanted to make 味噌漬け since somebody gave her good miso.

Q4: Does the fish shop sell big fish?

Never.
They used to, but not anymore.

Not today.

Q5: What kind of fish is the best for 味噌漬け according to the shop owner?

ぶり(yellowtail).
はまち (young yellowtail).
ぐじ (snapper).

さわら (Spanish mackerel).

Q6: What did she buy?

Two packs each of herring and assorted sashimi.
Two packs of herring, one Spanish mackerel and one pack of sashimi.

Two packs of herring and one pack of assorted sashimi.

Q7: How much are they in total?

1,200-yen.
2,400-yen.

1,400-yen.

Q8: What is ミツエさん going to do with what she bought that day?

She will eat them for dinner tonight.
She will stock them up for later.

She will eat them for lunch of the day.