Mina-san, these phrases are kind of strong, particularly in Osaka-ben (which is a bit rougher). We don’t recommend throwing them around left and right. But you will hear them in TV, movies and see them in manga and anime.

I remember getting out of the plane in Tokyo, and standing on the right side of the escalator for about 5 minutes, before noticing I was the only one… After that I was very careful to always stand on the left….including when I first went to Osaka. Guess what happened !…

Still, one big question remains : why the difference ???

I forgot to say… Sachiko is supposedly from Osaka, and Peter even hinted at her doing an Osaka-ben series during her first Jpod lesson, yet she is never mentioned when the topic comes up. I don’t know if she grew up in the US and maybe didn’t learn the dialect or something, but otherwise it seems like you have an ideal candidate.

ジャービジ さん、

I think you mean 気に障る, not 気を触る. 気に触る is used when “something or some action hurt somebody’s feeling”, like 彼はいつも僕の気に障ることを言う.

In standard Japanese, うざい is a kind of rude expression which are recently often used by young people when something happens that would make them irritated or feel frustrated. For example, students sometimes might say “うざい” when their teachers or parents nag them to do something which they don’t want to, like あの先生、うざいよな. (I don’t recommend you use this expression.)

わずらわしい is a neutral expression which can be used when something is annoying or troublesome, like　わずらわしい手続き or わずらわしい規則.

I hope it’s of any help to understand.

ジャービジさん

When someone says something to annoy you, or make you feel bad, or when someone says what you don’t want him/her to say, you can use this expression and say that (the person) が(私の)気に障ることを言う.

You can use the expression “もし気に障ったら、すいません” which means “I’m sorry if I said something that would make you annoyed.” You can use it when you want to apologize in advance or right after when you think you said something that would annoy somebody.

マユミさん、わざわざ説明してくれてありがとうございました。

I just remembered that the News or Not “これって本真か” line is actually Kansai-ben, isn’t it? I take it that is Sachiko’s influence.

Oh, thanks to Peter as well

I agree with エミリー

俺も。。。そう。。。思う。。。