My vocabulary is largely based on living with my mother and grandmother. I know some words I use may sound a bit old. For example, I say \u201cTokkuri*\u201d for high neck shirts \ud83d\udc5a. I say \u201cMizuya\u201d or \u201cShokkidana\u201d for cupboards. (Now many Japanese people call these items in English reading: “Hainekku (high neck),” “Kappuboudo (cupboard)”).
(*Tokkuri refers to Japanese ceramic sake bottles that have a narrow neck of jug and we used to call high neck shirts the same as its neck looks similar.)
Yesterday my mother told me what she experienced at an electronics store the other day.
Mom: \u201cExcuse me, where can I find \u2018Denkimatto (electronic carpet)\u2019?\u201d
Staff: \u201cWhat is \u2018Denkimatto\u2019?\u201d
Mom: \u201cHmm, something we lay under a carpet\u201d
Staff: \u201cAlright, you mean \u2018Hotto Kaapetto (hot carpet)\u2019!\u201d
Mom: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s it (so, now people call it a hot carpet, I see)\u201d
And you, Denkimatto!?
It shocked me a little but it was also funny.
According to her, the staff member looked as old as me. There are possibly more words altering or that have just altered among people around my age.
I, as a linguist, always try remaining up to date and aware of new words but this conversation reminds me our everyday language shifts over time. \ud83d\udcda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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