{"id":2364,"date":"2016-12-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-01T12:51:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T03:51:09","slug":"we-have-a-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genkijacs.com\/blog\/we-have-a-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"We Have a Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"post\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<\/div>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry\">This year`s winning \u6d41\u884c\u8a9e (\u308a\u3085\u3046\u3053\u3046\u3054) have been announced on December 1st. And 2016\u2019s \u201cword of the year\u201d is \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u795e\u3063\u3066\u308b\u300d\uff08\u304b\u307f\u3063\u3066\u308b\uff09.<\/p>\n<p>This phrase is based on the Japanese word \u795e\uff08\u304b\u307f\uff09(=god), which has been turned into a verb describing the receipt of the gods\u2019 spirit. It characterizes miraculous or rather superhuman behavior. <br \/>This year, the phrase suddenly gained popularity after it had been used by the manager of the Hiroshima Toyo Carps, referring to his baseball team\u2019s performance in June. One of the players, Seiya Suzuki, had shown \u201cgod-like\u201d skills during Central League Championship. According to the manager, he had picked up this phrase from his children.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from \u300c\u795e\u3063\u3066\u308b\u300d, the following other \u6d41\u884c\u8a9e have made it to the TOP 10:<\/p>\n<p>\u2192\u300c\u30b2\u30b9\u4e0d\u502b\u300d\uff08\u30b2\u30b9\u30d5\u30ea\u30f3\uff09(= \u201cGesu Affair\u201d)<br \/>\u2192\u300c\u8056\u5730\u7d14\u5229\u300d\uff08\u305b\u3044\u3061\u3058\u3085\u3093\u308a\uff09(=\u201dPilgrimage\u201d)<br \/>\u2192\u300c\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30d7\u73fe\u8c61\u300d(\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30d7\u3052\u3093\u3057\u3087\u3046)(=\u201dthe Trump Issue\u201d)<br \/>\u2192\u300cPPAP\u300d<br \/>\u2192\u300c\u4fdd\u80b2\u5712\u843d\u3061\u305f\u65e5\u672c\u6b7b\u306d\u300d\uff08\u307b\u3044\u304f\u3048\u3093\u304a\u3061\u305f\u306b\u307b\u3093\u3057\u306d\uff09(=\u201dday care failed, Japan die\u201d)<br \/>\u2192\u300c(\u50d5\u306e)\u30a2\u30e2\u30fc\u30ec\u300d\uff08\uff08\u307c\u304f\u306e\uff09\u3042\u3082\u30fc\u308c\uff09\uff08\uff1d\u201dmy amore\u201d\uff09<br \/>\u2192\u300c\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3GO\u300d\uff08=\u201dPokemon GO\u201d\uff09<br \/>\u2192\u300c\u30de\u30a4\u30ca\u30b9\u91d1\u5229\u300d\uff08\u30de\u30a4\u30ca\u30b9\u304d\u3093\u308a\uff09(=\u201dnegative interest\u201d)<br \/>\u2192\u300c\u76db\u308a\u571f\u300d\uff08\u3082\u308a\u3069\uff09\uff08=\u201draising the ground level\u201d\uff09<\/p>\n<p>With the announcement of the top buzzwords, the year is about to end. So enjoy the celebrations and forget all the past year worries. However, more than anything, don\u2019t be sad that awaiting 2016 \u6d41\u884c\u5f8c is over now (though we would totally understand if you were). 2017 might hold even more exciting new buzzwords. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| This year`s winning \u6d41\u884c\u8a9e (\u308a\u3085\u3046\u3053\u3046\u3054) have been announced on December 1st. And 2016\u2019s \u201cword of the year\u201d is \u2026 \u300c\u795e\u3063\u3066\u308b\u300d\uff08\u304b\u307f\u3063\u3066\u308b\uff09. This phrase is based on the Japanese word \u795e\uff08\u304b\u307f\uff09(=god), which has been turned into a verb describing the receipt of the gods\u2019 spirit. It characterizes miraculous or rather superhuman behavior. 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