Comments on: Kansai people hate it when you say 「じゃん」

By: Hikaru

Hikaru — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:55:21 +0000

Hehe, I’m from Kansai, and that is true. I’ve heard people in Kansai from Tokyo say Jyan, and it is annoying. But when I visit to Tokyo, it isn’t annoying to me. :P
They find it weird I never end in it though. So I prefer more or less staying in Hokodate. :)
It’s still said, but not by my friends, hehe. :P

By: HR

HR — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 06:11:51 +0000

How about just going for the most obvious translation ‘isn’t it’, ‘aren’t I’, or similar? Simple, isn’t it. Would have saved a lot of space, wouldn’t it…

By: Tae Kim

Tae Kim — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:49:27 +0000

Here you go:
http://www.guidetojapanese.org/haveto.html#part3

By: tomethy

tomethy — Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:19:53 +0000

i dont quite get this part from one of the examples: 書かないとだめじゃん。

could u maybe explain the use of the negative + dame?

By: Tae Kim

Tae Kim — Tue, 23 May 2006 07:03:58 +0000

No, I don’t think so. You can say そうじゃん. In general, you don’t add ね to じゃん.

By: Claytonain

Claytonain — Mon, 22 May 2006 13:29:15 +0000

can one say, じゃんね。To mean, “I’m right, arent’t I?” or “isn’t that right?”
But then people may think you were suddenly saying goodbye.

By: Tae Kim

Tae Kim — Thu, 20 Apr 2006 06:16:49 +0000

ちゃうねん (;^^)ノ

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 23:32:20 +0000

ちゃう, represent!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:41:06 +0000

I think the only distinguishing feature of Yokohama-ben is じゃん :) It’s more one of those vague, common-knowledge things that Japanese people tend to tell each other. I’ve heard several references from Japanese friends and on Japanese TV over the years that じゃん is “Yokohama-ben”. Plus my wife is from Yokohama and she’s told me the same thing once or twice.. We were actually having drinks once and chatting to a guy from Osaka, and when he found out my wife was from Yokohama he threw in a few awkard, really exaggerated ～じゃん?s into his conversation to get a laugh – that’s when I knew there was something to it!

By: nullpointer

nullpointer — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 08:39:42 +0000

One lady in my office uses this phrase a lot, and she is from Osaka.I could make ou the meaning contextually but the explanation really helps.Thanks.