The 30 nominees for the “2024 U-CAN New Word and Buzzword Award,” which selects the word that will represent the year, were announced on the 5th. Among the many related words closely related to the people’s lives that were nominated, words related to popular TV dramas, Dodgers pitcher Shohei Ohtani (30), and the title of a hit song were also nominated. The top 10 and the grand prize will be announced on December 2nd. Among the 30 nominated words, there are many that symbolize the social climate of this year. Not only did this issue come to light at a time when the public was suffering from high prices, but public anger also erupted over the LDP’s subsequent response, leading to the LDP being reduced to a minority opposition party in last month’s House of Representatives election, and this single word was used to describe it: the “slush fund problem.” Also selected was the government’s push-through policy of unifying all Minority Health Insurance Cards, which is also causing anger and anxiety among the public. Other examples include “Kasuhara,” an abbreviation of “customer harassment,” which refers to unreasonable complaints and harassment by consumers and customers; the two terms “Tokuryu” and “White Case,” which are related to the heinous crime of widespread robberies committed by illegal part-time workers that has shocked society; and familiar economic terms such as “new NISA” and “new banknotes.” In addition to “Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Information,” other words that were selected included “Reiwa Rice Riots,” which refers to the confusion of the public not only over the rice shortage but also over the soaring prices. On the other hand, titles of dramas that became social phenomena, such as the line “Huh?” uttered by the heroine of the NHK morning drama series “Wings on a Tiger,” in which Ito Sari played the heroine, and “Futehodo” from the TBS drama “Fuketsu mo Hokugo ga Aru!”, which was written by Kudo Kankuro, starred Abe Sadao, and produced a new star in Kawai Yumi, have also been nominated. The hip-hop unit Creepy Nuts’ global hit song “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” was also selected. Speaking of global records, the unprecedented record of 50-50, achieved by Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers who became world champions in the recent World Series, was also selected. The award was established in 1984 and is an annual end-of-year event that looks back on words that reflect the times. Regarding this year’s trends, the secretariat stated, “2024 started with some gloomy news with the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January, but there were many topics of conversation, such as the Olympics, the success of player Otani, and hits related to dance videos. As buzzwords, it seems that they are all small fry. Also, many terms related to “money” have appeared. “In a world where there is a culture of irresponsibility, this year has been a mixture of light and darkness, and it feels like the calm before the storm.”
They don’t see what you want them to see, they only see what you don’t want them to see With Sanae, there’s no need to worry Ishimaru syntax Tink, knock, knock Like a sea lion Are you ignoring this?
On the other hand, the titles of dramas that became social phenomena, such as the line “Hate?” from the NHK morning serial drama “Tora ni Tsubasa” in which Ito Sari played the heroine, and “Futehodo” from the TBS drama “Fuken ni mo Hodo ga Aru!”, which was written by Kudo Kankuro, starred Abe Sadao, and produced a new star in Kawai Yumi, were also nominated. Is this true? I don’t watch TV so I have no idea lol.
>>8 Both were pretty funny, but I wouldn’t call them buzzwords. Well, the funniest one was “land fraudster,” but I’m not sure if that’s a buzzword either.
>>8 If there is no change in the system, most of the nominations are chosen by random people who call themselves judges based on their own subjective opinion. The question of whether it was really popular is not an issue.
>>19 Hasn’t she been nominated for “Dark Part-Time Job” in the past? If you think about it normally, it would be something like “Dark Part-Time Job”, “Unofficial Money”, or “Gifted Girl”.
I guess they want to make it an illegitimate part-time job, but do they think it will encourage it? It’s impossible for Ohara because it includes his personal name and it’s a negative word.
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