基: origin
基 moto
origin; source; base; basis; cause
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Example sentences
東京の言葉を基にした共通語に対し、関西弁は抑揚や語彙が独特で、会話にユーモアを織り込む文化とも相まって、漫才をはじめとするお笑いの土壌となってきた。
In contrast to standard Japanese, which is based on the speech of Tokyo, the Kansai dialect has distinctive intonation and vocabulary, and together with a culture of weaving humor into conversation, it has served as fertile ground for comedy such as manzai.