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Here are Japanese words (not characters) of the year for 2022.
No Time to Waste: “Taipa” Chosen as One of Japan’s Words of 2022
nippon.com (12/16/22)
Quite a different set of attitudes from what young people in China are feeling nowadays. You will note that extreme abbreviation of words and phrases is a feature of the favored words in the contemporary Japanese lexicon. I would wager that this feature is a reflection of the tempo of Japanese life.
Taipa, an abbreviation of “time performance,” was selected by dictionary publisher Sanseidō as its word of the year for 2022, reflecting young people’s desire not to waste a second.
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