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New Expressions & Buzzwords |あたおか
Ataoka (wrongheaded/crazy)
This is an abbreviated term for “atama ga okashii (wrongheaded/crazy).” Since the phrase was used by a comedy duo, it became the number one Instagram buzzword for the first half of 2019. Recently, a Japanese doctor has been using it on Twitter often to discuss the Tokyo Olympics and measures against Covid-19.
「頭がおかしい」
“atama ga okashii”
wrongheaded/crazy
の
no
for
略語
ryakugo
an abbreviated term
です。
desu.
this is
お笑いコンビ
owarai konnbi
a comedy duo
が
ga
by
使った
tsukatta
was used
フレーズが
fure-zu ga
the phrase
話題になり、
wadai ni nari,
since
2019年
nisenn juu kyuu nenn
twenty nineteen [year]
上半期
kami’hannki
the first half of
の
no
for
インスタ流行語で
innsuta ryuukou’go de
Instagram buzzword
1位に
ich i ni
the number one
なりました。
nari mashita.
it became
最近では、
saikinn deha,
recently
東京オリンピック
toukyou orinnpikku
the Tokyo Olympics
や
ya
and
新型コロナ対策
shinngata korona taisaku
measures against Covid-19
について、
ni tsuite,
to discuss
ある
aru
a
日本人医師が
nihonnjinn ishi ga
Japanese doctor
Twitter
tsuitta-
Twitter
で
de
on
よく
yoku
often
使っています。
tsukatte i masu.
has been using it
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