Japanese symbol for “vernacular”
土地言葉
とちことば
Romaji: tochikotoba
vernacular; local dialect
In Japanese, vernacular is 土地言葉, read とちことば (tochikotoba).
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Meanings
- n vernacular; local dialect
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “vernacular”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国言葉 | くにことば kunikotoba | local dialect; vernacular; provincialism |
| 現地語 | げんちご genchigo | indigenous language; local language; vernacular |
| お国言葉 | おくにことば okunikotoba | local dialect; vernacular; provincialism |
| 日常語 | にちじょうご nichijougo | everyday language; common parlance; vernacular |
| ヴァナキュラー | ヴァナキュラー vanakyuraa | vernacular (e.g. architecture) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 土地 | とち tochi | plot of land; lot; soil |
| 土曜 | どよう doyou | Saturday |
| 領土 | りょうど ryoudo | territory; domain; dominion |
| 国土 | こくど kokudo | country; territory; domain |
| 土産 | みやげ miyage | local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling |
| 土台 | どだい dodai | foundation; base; basis |
| 地域 | ちいき chiiki | area; region; district |
| 地球 | ちきゅう chikyuu | Earth; the globe |
| 言う | いう iu | to say; to utter; to declare |
| 言葉 | ことば kotoba | language; dialect |
See also: Chinese symbol for “vernacular”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.