even if one says

(dialect, Ibaraki) a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

a pencil (graphite writing-instrument)

茨城県: Ibaraki: a prefecture in Kantō (関東) area, Japan / ancient place name of Hitachi (常陸)

(proscribed) Alternative form of 茨城 (Ibaraki)

(Ibaraki dialect) short, brief

short, brief / short, brief (in time) / short (in space, from one point to another) / short, brief (in length, such as a text or speech) / (archaic) short (in height)

a dialect; a provincialism

to say, to tell somebody / to call, to name, to give a name / to cry, to call, to make a noise (such as an animal)

past tense and perfective aspect of 言う (iu, yū) [godan]