Will “Shut the F*ck Up” be Japan's Word of 2021?
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English - November 27, 2021 03:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDaily News News japan news in japan podcast in japan japan podcast trending japan japanese news tokyo live from tokyo weekly digest Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This week we discuss the nominations for Japan's 'Word of the Year' 2021 competition (流行語大賞), JAXA's search for new astronauts for the first time in 13 years, the seemingly positive return to normalcy with low COVID-19 numbers, and how Uber Eats drivers are unhappy with the current state of flexible wages.
Word of the Year Nominations:
うっせえわ！ (usseewa)
ぼったくり男爵 (bottakuri-dan-shoku)
黙食 (moku-shoku)
ピクトグラム (pikutoguramu)
ウマ娘 (uma-musume)
リアル二刀流 (riaru-ni-tou-ryuu)
This episode was recorded on November 26th 2021 in Hiroo, Tokyo.
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