EXPO2025 OSAKA, KANSAI, JAPAN is taking place this year. To enjoy the event fully, let's take this opportunity to learn Osaka dialect from an Osaka-ben native speaker Kate Onomichi from SBS Japanese Melbourne team!

The key phrase for the first episode is ‘ookini’. Do you think this is a common way of saying ‘thank you’? If so, please listen to the podcast episode.

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Ookini!（The Road to Osaka-ben Master 1）

SBS Japanese

12/03/202504:03

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This section is broadcast and distributed two to three times a month during the Expo period (April-October).

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