Kotobagari
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title:
Kotobagari
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Kotobagari is a sardonic term which refers to the reluctance to use words that are considered potentially offensive or politically incorrect in the Japanese language. For instance words such as rai, mekura, tsunbo, oshi, kichigai, tosatsujō, and hakuchi are currently not used by the majority of Japanese publishing houses; the publishers often refuse to publish writing which includes these words. Another example is that a school janitor in Japan used to be called a kozukai-san. Some felt that the
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Japanese term for euphemistic speech
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotobagari
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2024-04-07T17:30:26Z
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