KY

WOO HOO!! NIHONJINRON has it's first blog subscriber, who is serendipitously named KY.

Japanese love to abbreviate things: Rimokon = remote controler. Pasokon = personal computer. Conbini = convenience store. OL = office lady (a woman in the office whose primary roll is to pour tea for a bunch of old salarymen--clearly feminism has hit Japan hard).

Moving along, KY is short for Kuuki (air) ga Yomenai (cannot be read). It literally means that one is unable to read the air, which means that a person is "Clueless" or "just doesn't get it."

I assume you've beaten me to the point that when you see KY, naturally you think of KY Jelly.

I won't get into politics, but the KY expression became really popular when many Japanese wanted their former prime minister Abe outsted from office, claiming that he was a KY.

The lovely political banner reads "If the People's New Party is in power, farewell KY"

Would you vote for a party that gets rid of your KY? I know a lot of people that would be fucking pissed!!

Clearly the PNP campaign adviser is also a KY..



In any case, thanks KY for your nihonjinron inspiration..