ぎょうさん
gyōsan
🇯🇵 Japanese slang from Osaka
What does “ぎょうさん” mean?
loads, lots
Example
“ぎょうさん買うたなあ”
gyōsan kōta nā
You bought loads!
Good to know
Sounds a bit old-fashioned: young people say めっちゃ多い.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
☕ Everyday
The textbook way to say it: たくさん
Heard in a conversation
Who's bringing what
Rina 今日のたこ焼きパーティー、何か買っていく？
today's takoyaki party, should I buy anything?
Daiki タコはもうあるで。ネギをぎょうさん頼むわ。
got the octopus already. bring loads of spring onion
Rina 了解！マクドナルドの横のスーパーでいい？いくらでも買うで。
k! the supermarket next to McDonald's ok? I'll buy as much as you want
📦 How other countries say “loads, lots”
- 🇯🇵 いっぱいTokyo
More from Osaka
- めっちゃsuper, so
- ほんまreally, true
- あかんno good, not allowed, no way
- ちゃうno, that's not it
- せやなyeah, true
- 知らんけど…but what do I know
- わからへんI don't get it
- 〜はる(a warm, polite verb ending)
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