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Pequeño articulo acerca de los japoneses y sus nuevas palabras para describir personas

LONER’S LEXICON

Kakobijin Literally, past beauty. Describes the sort of woman who talks incessantly about how she would have been thought of as a stunner if she had lived in a different era, when men’s tastes in women were different

Minekokon Describes a woman who gives up a high-powered career in Tokyo for a dull life in the country with a quiet husband

Ame-unication The act of offering sweets to another woman in the hope of striking up a conversation and breaking the loneliness of single life

Toirebijutsukan Literally, toilet museum. The trend whereby young women moving into an apartment alone for the first time will go to extreme lengths to decorate their lavatory, scent it with perfume and stock it with interesting literature

Rakudaraifu Literally, camel life. Applied to single women who spend much of their weekends cooking food and deep-freezing it so that it can be reheated in a hurry when they return from work late

Henkyoryugaku Literally, study abroad in the wild. Describes young women who in their twenties and thirties rebel against social norms and travel abroad to devote time to an eccentric art form, such as Balinese dancing

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