noun

  1. dialect.
  2. language of the common people, colloquial language, slang.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
俚言 りげん
里言 りげん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

rustic, ill mannered
リ いや.しい (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)