Medley056～Annual Inventory of Japanese New Words & Popular Words

2nd weekend of December, hello everyone.

On December 11th, my "Northern Hemisphere Island" entered the "Snowflake & Snowman Season". AFK started almost in November last year. The silver-clad "Dongsen" has a new look at this moment. After you sing "Variant", I will appear. I am afraid that this year's Christmas and New Year will also be celebrated in "Dongsen".

Love Tibetan Japan

• After the winter, all kinds of hot "hot pot" have become the first choice for food. "Fantasy Paradise" investigated the popularity of "Baodian" (Oden) ingredients. Carrots and eggs are the absolute two kings, 4 to 6 people. Each has fans.

• FURLA cooperates with "Collection! "Animal Crossing Friends Club" has launched a variety of bags, and the "peripheral sense" is not so strong.

• Japan's MIZUHO Bank suffered several system failures, and many high-level executives resigned. The Financial Services Agency's investigation report accused the company of "not saying what it should say and not doing what it should say."
• Hikaru Utada's new song "Fascinated by You" has been released and put on digital platforms. The MV has also been premiered on the YouTube channel, and it also takes the studio side-shooting route.

Japanese drama world

Continued review

• "Let's Come Together" W4-5, from 1943 to 1948, the war almost took away all of An Zi's loved ones, and the irreconcilable contradiction between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law forced her to go away alone with her daughter RUI. The two scenes are the most impressive: one is An Zi's father barely recovering from the pain, and one night he passed away from the world exhausted. Before his death, he saw his son who had cut off the relationship. Said, come back if you can't go on, I will marry you.

• "Rush to the Blue Sky" EP37-38, these two episodes describe the longing of Rong's deceased wife Chiyo, marrying Kenko (Oshima Yuko), and the growth and transformation of the eldest son (Izumazawa Yuki). From time to time, the screenwriter divides the space to explain the exits of great people, which inevitably creates a sense of separation in the series.

• "Favorite" EP7-8, the suspense of the two murder cases was successfully maintained to the final chapter, one side was a pure black box, relying entirely on the parties' confessions, and the other side was throwing a special ballpoint pen, the real murderer was limited to 5 people. Intense love breeds terrible evil.

• "Just Stamped on the Marriage Registration Form" EP7-8, the crux of the play is that the frame (pattern) is too small, the bridges, roles, and dramatic conflicts that can be adjusted are limited, so that the food net red with the same appearance is compiled. Momose is so unusual that it is almost morbid. But the favorability of the two leading actors is too high. The name of Qingye Cai is so cute and contagious. Kentaro Sakaguchi's face will never be shiny, and it is beyond ordinary.

• "True Murder FLAG" EP7-8, Hidetoshi Nishijima and Kyoko Yoshine have scandals, Rie Miyazawa and Motoki Fukashui reversed public opinion. This drama has a relatively stable look and feel, and is about to enter the truth-solving chapter.
• "The Winner of February" EP7-8, the mid game is slightly inferior, and the role has not been further shaped. Kato Naruto still has no sense of existence.
• "Doctor-X" S7EP7, Kei Tanaka turned into a "medical Internet celebrity" and returned for a limited time. EP8-9 has just finished, and will be re-evaluated in the next issue of "Weekly News".
• "SUPER RICH" EP7, subordinates love the boss. Same as above, see next issue for EP8-9.

revisit

• "Even so, Life Continues" EP4, the perpetrator and the victim's family each have their own difficulties. Re-establishing contact with each other is undoubtedly equivalent to opening the bloody wound again, and no one can escape. Yingtai and Mandaoguang were boating on the lake. The picture was so peaceful and clear that all the disturbances were temporarily put aside. I read the dialogue between the screenwriter Yuji Sakamoto and the two leading actors, and I will share them in the next issue.
• "Bitter Sugar" EP4, the women have their own concerns. At the end of the film, everyone gathered for a barbecue "home party". After talking about it, I finally felt relieved. The play is filled with the humid air of the lingering summer, and they are slightly drunk, lying in random places, like tropical fish swimming on the bottom of the sea.

other

• The new "IPPON" came to an end recently. After experiencing the impact of the epidemic, the audience was finally arranged to watch the game on the spot. People can't help but ask, has baka won the championship this time?

new drama

• Next year's NHK big river drama "13 retainers of Kamakura" announced the main visual, and Masami Nagasawa joined as a narrator.

• The 2023 Taiga starring Jun Matsumoto also announced the first batch of Cass, and Junichi Okada, Mansai Nomura, Hiro Abe, Takeshi Muro, and Rina Kawanei confirmed their participation.
• Issei Takahashi and Nao collaborated on Yasunomi Kawabata's famous work "Snow Country".
• Tianhai Yuki "tight trial" New Year SP.
• Akimoto Yasushi will launch a new drama in winter, starring Nozomi Sasaki.
• Tokyo Taiwan New Year SP invited Okada Megumi to play screenwriter, Hirose Alice partnered with Nagato Ayano.
• Haruka Fukuhara was selected to appear in the NHK morning drama that will be broadcast in the second half of next year.

absolute sense of language

• Near the end of the year, various platforms have successively released new words and catchphrases of the year. Words are a mirror of the changes in the world. This issue will be based on the 30 new words and buzzwords listed in "YOUCAN", combined with lists such as "Nikkei MJ", "Nikkei Trendy", "JCJK", etc. Inventory of popular hotspots, popular products, and social trends in 2021.

New Words & Buzzwords of the Year Awards: リアル 2 Dao-ryu, ショータイム

• Shohei Otani, a Japanese baseball player who plays in the United States, won the major league MVP this year. He is in the limelight for a while. He can both pitch and hit the ball. At the same time, he was selected as the 2nd place in "Google Hot Search Words", the 1st place in "Google Topics Celebrities", the 1st place in "Google Sports Players", the "Yahoo Personal List" Award, and the "Nikkei MJ" Yokozuna Award.

A total of 8 social categories

• SDGs: The sustainable development trend sweeping the world, and was selected as the runner-up of the "Nikkei MJ" mark
• NFT: Rapidly expanding virtual investment, also selected as "Nikkei MJ"
• Push し Live: Activities to support idols
• Kissing ガチャ: Children cannot choose their parents, and whether they can be reincarnated into a good family is likened to "Parents Gacha"
• ジェンダー equality: gender equality
• Generation Z: The new generation after 95, also selected for the "Nikkei MJ" Yokozuna Award
• フェムテック：Technology products to solve female physiological problems
• ヤングケアラー: a minor who does housework
• Overall review: environmental protection, technology, political correctness.

A total of 6 articles in the epidemic category

• Home Recuperation: Home Recuperation
• Flow of people: the movement of people
• Vice-reaction: Adverse reactions to vaccines, also selected as "Nikkei Trendy Best 30"
• Mutant strain: virus mutation
• 黙食／マスク will eat: eat without talking, wear a mask
• Drinking on the road: The restaurant does not serve alcohol, and people start drinking on the street, drinking while walking
• General comment: As the epidemic slows down, the popularity of related terms decreases, and "new crown vaccine" ranks 7th on the "Google Hot Words List".

A total of 4 entertainment categories

• うっせぇわ: Ado hit single
• イカゲーム: Phenomenal Korean drama "Squid Game", also selected in the "JCJK Hot Words" list, the third place in the "Google Keyword List", the first place in the "Google TV Drama List", and the third place in "Nikkei MJ" Sekiwaki
• ととのう: from the sauna Japanese drama Sang Dao
• ウマNiang: Cute girl paper horse racing mobile game, and was also selected as the 6th place in the "Google Hot Word List", the 2nd place in the "Google Game List", the 1st place in the "Yahoo Game List", "Nikkei Trendy Best30", "Nikkei" MJ"
• Overall review: Taizo Harada's late-night bath drama was unexpectedly shortlisted. By the way, in addition to Shohei Otani, the "Top Ten Top Ten Top Ten People of the Year" also include the married Komatsu Nana, Natsume Miku, Komuro Kei, the deceased Tamura Masakazu, Chiba Shinichi, Setouchi Satoru and so on.

A total of 1 diet

• マリトッツォ: Popular Italian dessert, also selected as "Nikkei Trendy Best 30" and "Nikkei MJ"
• Overall review: This dessert with a smile and a mouth full of cream has become an annual hit. In addition, "アルコールテイスト beverage (alcoholic beverage)" has become a hot word in the catering industry of the year.

A total of 11 sports (including 2 by Otani Shohei)

• エペジーーン: The men's fencing team that made a big showing at the Tokyo Olympics
• カエル爱: An Olympic boxer loves frogs
• ゴン Attack め／ビッタビタ: a term used for an Olympic commentary
• 13 years old, Maxia no big adventure: 13-year-old skateboarder who won the gold medal
• スギムライジング: A Breakthrough in Paralympic History
• チキータ: table tennis term
• チャタンヤラクーサンクー: Karate term
• ピクトグラム: The mime performance of the Olympic opening ceremony
• ぼったくり Baron: President Bach
• General comment: The Tokyo Olympics is an absolute hot spot in 2021, with the number of hot words accounting for one-third of the total. The first place in the "Google Hot Word List" and the runner-up in the "Nikkei MJ" mark were also won by the "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games".

Koshihikari study

• The book news magazine "Da Vinci" released the 2021 best book list, the novel list of Kato Chengliang champion, the prose list Nakamura Lun also won, the comic list "Ghost Slayer", the library list Tsujimura Fukatsuki. Affected by the epidemic, the publishing industry seems to be colder...
• The two poets brought new works, most of which is a collection of poems by Tahi, and a collection of essays by Sumiko Ikeda; the diary of Seiko Tanabe and the new translation of Lin Wang's "Void Grass" are also worth reading; 70-year-old Umezawa advocates "70 points of life".

digital garden

• Blizzard's "Heroes of the Storm" ushered in a long-lost new content, and distributed the 6th anniversary and 6.5th anniversary portrait spray paint. "Diablo" 2R pushes patch 1.010.
• Apple updates macOS 12.1beta4. The note-taking app Craft won the Apple Annual Award.
• Other software upgrades: Evernote 10.22, Day One 6.14, WorkFlowy 3.12, Drafts 30.0, Command3.6, Strides13.0, etc.

The above is the whole content of this weekly report, and I will see you at the same time next week.