This year's "New Word and Buzzword Award" was announced on December 1, and the annual grand prize was "Muragami", a word that has become widely used in professional baseball and Yakult Murakami Munetaka. I was.

The ``New Word/Buzzword Award'' is an award that selects words that represent the year from among the events, remarks, and trends that became a hot topic during the year, and 30 words were nominated this year.



The top ten among them were announced in Tokyo on the 1st, and the annual grand prize went to Munetaka Murakami of Yakult, who hit 56 home runs in professional baseball. The "Muragami" who became like this was chosen.



As for the top ten words related to the same baseball, ▽"Kitsune Dance", which became a hot topic as a support dance for professional baseball Nippon Ham, and as words related to current affairs and social phenomena, it is related to the shooting incident of the former prime minister▽ "National funeral" and ▽ "religious second generation", and ▽ Ukrainian capital "Kiv" whose reading was changed to show solidarity with Ukraine, ▽ Yen depreciation trend continues as price increases in various fields continue "Bad weak yen" was selected.



In addition, ▽ Kansai people's habit of saying "I don't know", ▽ "Smartphone shoulder" that was popular in a wide range of generations, ▽ Calling to buy products that are close to expiring in the front "Temaedori", In addition, the ▽ lactic acid drink "Yakult 1000" has been selected.



In addition, as a special award from the selection committee, ``Because youth is very dense'' was selected from the remarks of Sendai Ikuei High School's coach Wataru Sue, who won the first victory in the Tohoku summer Koshien.

Annual Grand Prize and Top Ten

The following word was selected as one of the top ten words in this year's New Word/Buzzword Contest.


(From the explanation of "Basic knowledge of modern terminology selection 2022 U-can new word / buzzword award")

Muragami [Annual Grand Prize]

Munetaka Murakami of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows achieved the first ever home run in five consecutive at-bats in July, setting a new Japanese record.



In the final game of the season in October, he hit the 56th home run and recorded the 2nd place in history.

Reaching 50 at the age of 22 is the youngest in history.



He became known as "Muragami" on social media for his blows that contributed greatly to the team's victory, and later became widely used in the news.

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fox dance

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters' fighters' girls support the fox dance.



The original song is "The Fox" sung by the Norwegian brother unit Ilvis.



The familiarity and addictiveness that makes you want to listen to it repeatedly became a hot topic.

national funeral

The state funeral law, the prewar law that stipulated state funerals, expired at the end of December 1947, and there is no basis for state funerals in Japan today.



It was decided by the Cabinet that it should be a ``national funeral'' as a national ceremony conducted by the Cabinet Office, rather than the pre-war state funeral, and that it would not be legally forced to mourn as a mere ceremony.



Coincidentally, following the death of Queen Elizabeth, a state funeral was held in England on September 19th, and a state funeral for the former prime minister was held in Tokyo on September 27th.

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Second generation of religion

“It refers to the generation of children who grew up influenced by the teachings of their parents/families with specific faiths and beliefs and belonging to that religious group” (Hodaka Tsukada, sociologist of religion).



Since the late 2010s, the name has been used mainly on SNS by the parties.

After the shooting incident of the former prime minister, the background of the suspect attracted even more attention.

I want people to know about “religious abuse” that second-generation religions such as the former Unification Church complain about

Kiew

There is no end in sight for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.



Under such circumstances, "solidarity" with Ukraine spread, and the government announced that the place names in Ukraine would be changed from the Russian pronunciation to the "Ukrainian pronunciation", and the pronunciation and notation were changed.



We stood at the moment when the name of the capital was changed from "Kyiv" to "Kyiv" overnight.

bad yen

In 2022, the price hike that frightened the Japanese economy.

Rising prices while wages have not risen are severely putting pressure on people's lives.



The yen exchange rate fell to the 145 yen level to the dollar, the first time in 24 years since 1998 that the yen depreciated.

The yen's depreciation trend is likely to continue.



Against the backdrop of global inflation, the corona crisis, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and the rapid depreciation of the yen, prices are rising one after another in all fields, including food, daily necessities, electricity, and gas.

It's too late to ask! Advantages and disadvantages of weak yen What is a bad weak yen?

I don't know

Used at the end of a sentence to avoid assertion and avoid responsibility.



It seems that people in Kansai have been using it for several years, but it has become noticeable in Kanto as well.



It seems that the younger generation feels the fun of turning everything upside down, not just evading responsibility, and it is becoming a hot topic.

Why do you say "I don't know"?

smartphone shoulder

An item that allows you to hang your smartphone diagonally from your shoulder, popular among men and women of all ages.



There are various shapes, from simple smartphone cases with straps to ones that can store coins and cards.



The term ``empty-handed girls'' has also appeared, and the tendency to carry less luggage when going out, such as smaller wallets, continues.

Temaedori

From the perspective of reducing food loss, it is an educational campaign that encourages customers to choose products from the "front" of product shelves at supermarkets.



I often get the urge to pick products from the back of the shelf, which have long expiration dates, but I want to change my mindset and start choosing from the front.

Yakult 1000

Yakult 1000, a home-delivery drink containing Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota released by Yakult (released nationwide from April 2021), and Y1000 (October 2009), the store-use product, became so popular that they caused shortages immediately after their release. rice field.



From around the end of 2021, word-of-mouth comments such as "the quality of my sleep has improved" have spurred its popularity.

There was also a phenomenon that even lactic acid drinks made by other companies sold well.



In an unstable and stressful era, it seems that people are looking for healing, such as relieving stress and improving the quality of sleep.

Selection Committee Special Award

In addition, the following words were selected for the selection committee special award.

Youth is so dense

Miyagi Prefecture's Sendai Ikuei High School won the summer Koshien for the first time as a Tohoku team.

Many people sympathized with these words that Coach Sue gave during the winning interview.



Students who advanced to the third year of high school in 2022 are a generation that has been forced to live in high school due to the corona disaster since they entered school.

It was a yell full of compassion for that generation.

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