Just How Different Are Japanese Dialects from Each Other? anitay.kinja.com

Without taking into account the history and diversity of the Japanese language, we cannot fully understand the context in which anime and other Japanese media is produced.
If you were to take a Japanese language class at an American university, you would be taught a form of Japanese that is referred to as “standard Japanese” or “standard language” by most people living in Japan.
One of the dialects best represented in Japanese pop culture is Kansai dialect, a variant of Japanese spoken in the Kansai region of Japan.
AdvertisementAll of this is to say that the subject of Japanese dialects is quite confusing, even in a modern context.
He had difficulty speaking in standard Japanese and worried that his accent would single him out among his peers.