30 words such as “Ryowa” nominated for “New Word / Buzzword Award” November 6 at 14:07

Candidates for the “New Word / Buzzword Grand Prize” to be presented to the words that became a hot topic were announced on the 6th, “Ryowa”, “Action to save lives”, and “Niwaka Fan” named after the Rugby World Cup, 30 words such as “ONE TEAM” were nominated.

The “New Word / Buzzword Award” is an award that selects words that express the world from events, remarks, and trends that became a hot topic during the year. It was announced.

Words related to social phenomena and current affairs include the new era “Rakuwa”, “cashless / point reduction” and “reduced tax rate” related to raising the consumption tax rate, and women ’s heels at work and job hunting. Nominations include “#KuToo”, which objected to being forced to wear certain shoes, and “Dark Sales”, which refers to the fact that talents receive work directly without going through the office.

In addition, in connection with disasters that happened, “planned suspension” was selected, in which the “meeting of life-saving behavior” called by the Japan Meteorological Agency, etc. and the operation of the trains were sequentially canceled as the typhoon approached.

As words about the social aspect and fashion, “Tapiru”, which expresses drinking tapioca drinks, and “Paprika” produced by Genshi Yonezu and broadcast on NHK's “Minna no Uta” are nominated.

In sports, Ichiro, who was active in Japanese professional baseball and the major leagues, announced at the retirement conference, “There must be no regret”, and for women ’s golf overseas major tournament, Hyuga Shibuno who won the British Women's Open Related “Smileing Cinderella / Shubuko” was selected.

There are also five words related to the Japan Rugby World Cup: "Jackal", "Niwaka Fan", "Not once every four years. Once in a lifetime", "Man who does not laugh", "ONE TEAM". Once selected, the selection committee analyzes the trend of saying that “the most noticeable are the terms related to the Rugby World Cup”.

The “New Word / Buzzword Award” will be announced on December 2nd with the top 10 and the annual grand prize.