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How do you address people in Tsugaru dialect? We explain dialectal terms like "odo," "oga," and "appa," including family names and first-person pronouns

Tsugaru dialect is often said to be one of those dialects that people say, "I can't understand what they're saying." But if you look at the words actually used, you'll find that they're surprisingly simple and many of them are familiar.

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