Kansai dialect
In some cases, Kansai dialect uses entirely different words. The verb "hokasu" corresponds to standard Japanese "suteru" "to throw away", and "metcha" corresponds to the standard Japanese slang "chō" "very". "Chō," in Kansai dialect, means "a little" and is a contracted form of "chotto." Thus the phrase "chō matte" "wait a minute" by a Kansai person sounds strange to a Tokyo person.