ye olde zipangese

Faux 'stage' archaic Japanese dialect, used to emulate an Edo-era aristocrat or courtesan way of speech. Commonly given to dignified-sounding characters who speak in an old-fashioned style.

For female characters, this often heavily involves the use of "warawa" and "-nanoja", to the point that this is sometimes called the "nanoja dialect" or "nanoja loli (speak)".

This stage dialect is usually translated into English as a faux-Shakespearean dialect.

Notable characters who speak a faux archaic dialect

• Hatsuharu (Kantai Collection)
• Holo (Spice and Wolf)
• Nagi (Kannagi)
• Nagato (Azur Lane)
• Nisshin (Kantai Collection) (Hybrid variant with Hiroshimaben)