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Shekarashika

HKT48, an all-female Japanese theater/idol group based in Fukuoka, has teamed up with one of my personal favorites, rock group Kishidan (氣志團), to release a new single "Shekarashika!" Have a listen:

Shekarashika (しぇからしか) is Hakata-ben for urusai (うるさい), and means "noisy, annoying, troublesome, persistent, nagging". Example:

Hakata-ben:「しぇからしか。だまっときない」

Shekarashika! Damattokinai!

Standard Japanese: うるさい。少し黙っておけ

Urusai. Sukoshi damatte-oke!

Rough translation: Enough! Shut up for once!