道頓堀
Dōtonbori
🇯🇵 Japanese slang from Osaka
What does “道頓堀” mean?
Dōtonbori, Osaka’s neon canal street
Example
“道頓堀でグリコの看板見よう。”
Dōtonbori de Guriko no kanban miyō.
Let's see the Glico sign in Dōtonbori.
Good to know
Fans jump in the canal when the Tigers win.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: 繁華街
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- アレ'that thing' = the championship
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- ミナミMinami, Osaka’s nightlife south
- ひっかけ橋"pick-up bridge" (Ebisubashi, Osaka)
- お笑いcomedy (Osaka’s great passion)
- 吉本Yoshimoto, the comedy empire (and its theatre)
- ノリツッコミplaying along with a joke, then calling it out
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