What are some other common dialect suffixes in Japan?


What dialect is the 'わ' suffix from and what are some other common dialect
suffixes?

For example, from manga and anime I come across people saying things like
わからないわ or はやくしようぜ and some Japanese friends have told me these are usually
based on prefectures.



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      女言葉かと思ったらそうでもないんだわ。 
    
      真紅はそんなにだわだわ言わないのだわ ... 
    
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わ is a female sentence-suffix (語尾) in older manga, anime, stories, etc.

It used be also common among adult gay men. e.g.
[おすぎとピーコ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%99%E3%81%8E%E3%81%A8%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3)

But today it's become common among some adult (straight) men :

> detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp › ... › 恋愛相談、人間関係の悩み › 恋愛相談  
>  2013/10/14 - メールで語尾に「〜だわ」「〜するわ」とつける男性  
>  --
> こんばんは。友達以上恋人未満の男性がいます。できれば付き合いたいし、このままいけばお付き合いできるかなという関係です。しかし、メールするようになって気...

The following list is great & comprehensive -- its stated focus is on recent
Anime characters (キャラ語尾)

> <http://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E8%AA%9E%E5%B0%BE%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7>  
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> 「拙者に任せるナリ！」 . . . 忍者ハットリくん !
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>   * かにゃ？ == 「～かな？」の変化形と思われ。  
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>   * ござる . . . 忍者ハットリくん ! -- 【読み方】：ゴザルノマキ 「ござるの巻」とは話のタイトル語尾に用いられる言葉である。
> 元ネタはアニメ「忍者ハットリくん」における各話のタイトル。 「〇〇でござるの巻」といったタイトルがほとんどであった。  
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>   * ザンス . . . シェーは、赤塚不二夫の漫画作品、『おそ松くん』の登場人物イヤミが行うギャグ。!  
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>   * じゃけ
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>   * じゃろ
>   * じゃん
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>   * ぜ
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>   * ぜよ
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>   * だぜ
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>   * だっちゃ (Lum-chan) == 元々は仙台弁で見られる語尾。（他地域でも語尾につける所あり）
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>   * だべ
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      女言葉かと思ったらそうでもないんだわ。 
    
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Thank you for the comment. The だわ -ending used by straight men seems to have
originated from dialect(s).
<http://komachi.yomiuri.co.jp/t/2009/0226/227234.htm> 「～だわ」（男性）って方言？




I think your Japanese friend oversimplified the explanation. It is true that
some sentence-final particles are strongly associated with certain regions in
Japan (or sometimes even certain foreign countries), but at least わ and ぜ are
generally considered as regionally neutral.

English Wikipedia describes わ and ぜ as follows (From [Sentence-final
particle#Japanese](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentence-
final_particle#Japanese)):

>   * わ wa: soft declarative or emphatic. Used primarily by women, this
> particle has a meaning similar to yo, but it is less assertive.
>   * ぜ ze: informal hortative/emphatic. Used to push someone to do something,
> or to remind them of something. In certain contexts, it can carry a
> threatening overtone.
>

Some sentence-end particles have important grammatical roles and are used in
so-called standard Japanese (for example, か for making a question and ね for
agreement). Some sentence-end particles are [basically meaningless
fillers](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/14924/5010), and chosen
depending on the speaker's sex, age, character, preference, etc. If you keep
on enjoying Japanese manga and anime, you will soon realize the typical
character by which わ and ぜ are used. ぜ is largely considered as part of tough-
guy speech.

It is even possible to create a brand-new sentence-final particle to
characterize an imaginary character! See: [On the grammar of
みんな見るメロ](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/24678/5010)

FWIW, here are some sentence-end particles which are heavily dialectal and
associated with a certain region in Japan. These are actively used by local
people.

  * けろ: Tohoku (used to make a request, like "please")
  * ばい, たい: Kyushu
  * じゃ: western Honshu, esp. Hiroshima prefecture
  * や, ねん: Osaka

