Kansai-ben: 03. Eel Shop

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

3. 鰻(うなぎ) (Eel at an eel shop in Otsu, Shiga)

[Context] ミツエさん is in a local eel shop near the shopping street.

Vocabulary

- うなぎ eel
  太(ふと)る become fat
  たれ sauce
  あゆ River sweetfish
  追(お)い足(た)し adding the loss, filling up

内容質問(ないようしつもん)(Content Questions)

Q1: What did ミツエさん mention about うなぎ?

You get fat if you eat too much eel, but it tastes good!
I only buy tasty eels, not fat ones.

Fat eels are tasty.

Q2: How many packages of eel sauce did she get?

2
3

4

Q3: How many あゆ did she buy?

4
a lot

6

Q4: How long has have they been cooking eel sauce in the same pan? And how long has the eel shop been operating?

Sauce - 35 years, shop – 300 years
Both the sauce and the shop are 300 yeas old
Both the sauce and the shop are 35 years old

Sauce - 300 years, shop – 35 years