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Conversation with Hime (Hakata-ben)

☆Listen to Hime's cute Hakata dialect and master it★
A brief lecture on the Fukuoka dialect, led by the vocaloid pair, "鳴花ヒメ・ミコト" (MEIKA Hime & Mikoto)! This time, a close-up on the boundlessly bright-voiced Hime's Hakata-ben (dialect)! Enjoy chattering away in the heart-stopping Fukuoka dialect♪
☆Lesson #1
Hime, isn't this your second bowl of tonkotsu ramen today? Is it tasty?Hime: ばりうまー!
(Bari uma-! /lit.: So delicious!)
☆Lesson #2
Hime: しっとる?
(Shittoru? / lit.: Do you know?)
A way to diet without doing anything?? How would I know something like that!
(Shittoru? / lit.: Do you know?)
A way to diet without doing anything?? How would I know something like that!☆Lesson #3
Hey, do you like Fukuoka that much?Hime: 好いとう♥
(Suitou ♥ / lit.: I love it♥)
☆Lesson #4
Hime: なんばしよっと?
(Nanba shotto? / lit.: What are you doing?)
I have a date today. Great, right? And you, Hime, what are you doing?
(Nanba shotto? / lit.: What are you doing?)
I have a date today. Great, right? And you, Hime, what are you doing?☆Lesson #5
Eh-? Is it okay for me to take so much mentaiko??Hime: よかよか!
(Yoka yoka! / lit.: No problem!)
*in this context
☆Lesson #6
Speaking of Fukuoka, its food is great, its people are warm-hearted, it's a great place, isn't it!Hime: そうったい!
(Souttai! / lit.: That's right!)
PROFILE|鳴花ヒメ・ミコト (MEIKA Hime & Mikoto)

The spirit of the provincial flower, the plum. A pair of vocaloids born in Fukuoka in March 2019. These characters are speech synthesizers as well as VOCALOIDs that are compatible with the speech synthesizer software, "VOCALOID" (singing voice synthesizer software) and "gynoid Talk" (text recitation software), voiced by seiyu Koiwai Kotori and employing illustrator △○□× (Miwashiba) for their character designs. The pair is made up of the boundlessly bright moodmaker, Hime, and the 'tsukkomi' (straight man in Japanese comedy) who coolly suppresses her, Mikoto.
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