吉本
Yoshimoto
🇯🇵 Japanese slang from Osaka
What does “吉本” mean?
Yoshimoto, the comedy empire (and its theatre)
Example
“週末は吉本で新喜劇見よう。”
shūmatsu wa Yoshimoto de shinkigeki miyō.
Let's see the comedy show at Yoshimoto this weekend.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: 吉本興業
More from Osaka
- たこパa takoyaki party
- アレ'that thing' = the championship
- 飲みに行こかshall we go for a drink? (Kansai)
- ミナミMinami, Osaka’s nightlife south
- 道頓堀Dōtonbori, Osaka’s neon canal street
- ひっかけ橋"pick-up bridge" (Ebisubashi, Osaka)
- お笑いcomedy (Osaka’s great passion)
- ノリツッコミplaying along with a joke, then calling it out
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