{"id":46221,"date":"2020-09-25T16:50:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T20:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=46221"},"modified":"2024-03-05T18:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T22:15:58","slug":"wit-life-346-%e3%80%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8f%e6%b4%bb%e3%80%8d%e3%83%bb%e3%80%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8f%e3%83%8f%e3%83%a9%e3%80%8d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/25\/wit-life-346-%e3%80%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8f%e6%b4%bb%e3%80%8d%e3%83%bb%e3%80%8c%ef%bd%8f%ef%bd%8f%e3%83%8f%e3%83%a9%e3%80%8d\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #346: \u300c\uff2f\uff2f\u6d3b\u300d\u30fb\u300c\uff2f\uff2f\u30cf\u30e9\u300d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Interpreter\/Translator\/Writer<\/strong><\/em> <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/stacysmithinterpreting.com\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Stacy Smith<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pref.kumamoto.jp\/english\/list.html\">Kumamoto-ken<\/a>\u00a0CIR, 2000-03) presents <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/wit-life\/\">WIT Life<\/a>, a periodic series about aspects of Japanese culture such as film, food and language. Stacy starts her day by watching\u00a0Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she offers some interesting tidbits and trends along with her\u00a0own observations.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I last wrote, Japan has ushered in new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.  He served as Chief Cabinet Secretary under PM Abe for a decade (and also served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications for a year in his previous administration ).  Best of luck to the first new PM of the Reiwa Era!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/\u83c5\u7dcf\u7406.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/\u83c5\u7dcf\u7406.jpg 225w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/\u83c5\u7dcf\u7406-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Further riffing on the topic of <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2020\/08\/28\/wit-life-345-%e6%b6%99%e6%b4%bb\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">my last post of \u6d99\u6d3b<\/a>, I&#8217;d like to highlight some related terms that were featured on this morning&#8217;s news.  They talked about the phenomenon of \u300c\uff2f\uff2f\u6d3b\u300d and \u300c\uff2f\uff2f\u30cf\u30e9\u300d, and did people on the street interviews to find out which phrases were the most popular. The unscientific results were the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u300c\uff2f\uff2f\u6d3b\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u3086\u3046\u6d3b (<em>yuukatsu<\/em>, or evening activities; short for \u5915\u65b9\u6d3b\u52d5): I discussed this here <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2015\/06\/22\/wit-life-288-%e3%81%8a%e3%82%8f%e3%83%8f%e3%83%a9-and-other-japanese-harassment\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">previously<\/a>, and it is now being advocated by the Cabinet Secretariat (This was the idea behind the less than successful Premium Friday initiative).\u3000\u3000<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>LO\u6d3b (<em>rokatsu<\/em>, or local job searching activities; short for \u30ed\u30fc\u30ab\u30eb \uff0b \u5c31\u6d3b): Looking for work locally, an idea now being proactively pushed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u63a8\u3057\u6d3b (<em>oshikatsu<\/em>, or support activities): Fans showing support for their favorite musical groups or celebrities by following them on tour or virtually, purchasing merchandise, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u30dd\u30a4\u6d3b (<em>poikatsu<\/em>, or point activities, short for \u30dd\u30a4\u30f3\u30c8\u6d3b\u52d5).  Though this potentially could be confused for &#8220;throw away activities&#8221; due to the similar pronunciation of &#8220;poi,&#8221; it actually refers to accumulating free points from various sources to save money.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u30b9\u30dd\u6d3b (<em>supokatsu<\/em> or sports activities, short for \u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u6d3b\u52d5): Trying to get more involved with sports.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u6e29\u6d3b (<em>onkatsu<\/em>, or heat activities): Various ways to warm up, such as going to stone saunas, soaking in large baths and hot yoga.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u8178\u6d3b (<em>choukatsu<\/em>, or stomach activities): For those with sensitive stomachs, doing things like having yogurt for breakfast and not eating after 5 or 6 pm.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u4fdd\u6d3b (<em>hokatsu<\/em> or nursery school activities): For parents looking to get their children into certain nursery schools, learn about the process, etc.  Involves going to check out schools, inquiring at government offices and gathering information.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>\u300c\uff2f\uff2f\u30cf\u30e9\u300d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u30b3\u30ed\u30cf\u30e9 (<em>korohara<\/em>, or Coronavirus harassment, short for \u30b3\u30ed\u30ca\u30fb\u30cf\u30e9\u30b9\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8): New for these times!  Calling out people who don&#8217;t comply with Covid social norms, such as those not wearing masks, etc. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u30d6\u30e9\u30cf\u30e9 (<em>burahara<\/em>, or blood harassment, short for \u30d6\u30e9\u30c3\u30c9\u30bf\u30a4\u30d7\u30fb\u30cf\u30e9\u30b9\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8): Stereotyping someone based on blood type (whereas here some people don&#8217;t even know their blood type!).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u30b9\u30e1\u30cf\u30e9 (<em>sumehara<\/em> or smell harassment; short for \u30b9\u30e1\u30eb\u30fb\u30cf\u30e9\u30b9\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8 ): I also wrote about this in a <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/30\/wit-life-259-%e5%8f%b3%e5%82%be%e5%8c%96-%e3%82%b9%e3%83%a1%e3%83%8f%e3%83%a9\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">previous post<\/a>, and it describes people who are oblivious to their smell (which is presumably pleasing to them?!).<br><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u30ab\u30b9\u30cf\u30e9 (<em>kasuhara<\/em> or customer harassment; short for \u30ab\u30b9\u30bf\u30de\u30fc\u30fb\u30cf\u30e9\u30b9\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8): Customers who behave irrationally toward sales staff they have issues with (can&#8217;t hear them well, didn&#8217;t like the food, etc.).  Includes everything from getting angry to throwing money when paying, and can be as extreme as forcing them to prostrate themselves in front of customers to make up for the grievance.   <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpreter\/Translator\/Writer Stacy Smith\u00a0(Kumamoto-ken\u00a0CIR, 2000-03) presents WIT Life, a periodic series about aspects of Japanese culture such as film, food and language. Stacy starts her day by watching\u00a0Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she offers some interesting tidbits and trends along with her\u00a0own observations. Since I last wrote, Japan has ushered in new Prime Minister Yoshihide [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18,1,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translatinginterpreting","category-uncategorized","category-wit-life"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-c1v","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46221"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50464,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46221\/revisions\/50464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}