Maruhara (Maru harassment)

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Maruhara (Maru harassment)

Short for “maru harasumento .” In Japanese text, sentences usually end with the punctuation mark “maru.” This term arose from the perception that many young people feel intimidated when it is used on social media or text messages. (From June issue, 2024 / 2024年6月号より)

マルハラスメント
maru harasumennto
maru harasumento
りゃくです。
no ryaku desu.
short for
つうじょう
tsuujou,
usually
ほん
nihonngo
Japanese text
no
in
ぶんしょう
bunnshou ha
sentences
てん
kutenn
the punctuation mark
「。」
“ . ”
maru
de
with
わります。
owari masu.
end
これを
kore wo
this term
SNS
SNS
social media
ya
or
ショートメール
sho-to’me-ru
text messages
de
on
使つかわれる
tsukawareru
it is used
to
when
あつかん
iatsukann wo
intimidated
おぼえる
oboeru
feel
わかひと
wakai hito ga
young people
おおくなった
ooku natta
that many
こと
koto
the perception
から
kara
from
まれました。
umare mashita.
arose

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