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Fostering Empathy: Challenging Harmful Internet Terminology "情弱" (jōjaku), "自業自得" (jigōjitoku), and "自己責任" (jikosekinin) are unpleasant words that have been rampant on the internet in Japan. In America, I witnessed a situation where a person in a wheelchair was bewildered in front of a staircase. A passing young person said, "May I help you?" and several other young people around joined in to carry the person, along with the wheelchair, up the stairs. When the person in the wheelchair said, "Thank you so much!" one of them replied, "No problem! It's my pleasure! Have a nice day!" Can we stop using terms like "情弱" (jōjaku), "自業自得" (jigōjitoku), and "自己責任" (jikosekinin)? It's just not a kind way to express ourselves. 共感の育成：害をなすネット用語への挑戦 「情弱」「自業自得」「自己責任」、日本のネットで氾濫する不快な言葉です。 アメリカで、車椅子の人が階段の前で戸惑っていた時、通りがかりの若者が「May I help you?」と言って、その辺にいた他の若者を数名巻き込んで、その人を車椅子ごと階段の上まで運んでいるのを見かけました。車椅子の人が「Thank you

🌱 "There is no such thing as a weed. " (Tomitaro Makino) 🌱Hi there! Makino Tomitaro, a famous Japanese botanist, once said "雑草という草はない" which means "There is no such thing as a weed" in English. This means that we shouldn't just call a plant a weed and ignore it because every plant has its own good qualities. We should look at each plant and decide if it's useful or not based on what it can do. Makino's saying asks us to change the way we think about plants and see their value. Even plants that people usually don't pay attention to might have an important job in nature. 🌱「雑草と言う草はない」(牧野富太郎） 🌱こんにちは！日本の有名な植物学者、牧野富太郎さんは、「雑草と 言う 草はない」と言いました。これは、どんな植物も無駄ではなく、大切な役割があるということを意味しています。だから、私たちは、ただ「雑草」と呼んで無視するのではなく、それぞれの植物を見て、その良いところを見つけるべきです。牧野さんは、私たちが植物について考え方を変え、その価値を見直すように求めています。人々が普段あまり注目しない植物でも、自然界で大切な役割を果たしていることがありますよ。🌱 Words and phrases 🌱 "There is no such thing as a weed. " (Tomitaro Makino) 🌱 「雑草と 言 う草はない」(牧野富太郎） 雑草 (ざっそう) : a