Fostering Empathy: Challenging Harmful Internet Terminology
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
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 so much!」とお礼を言ったら、彼らの一人が「No problem! It’s my pleadsure! Have a nice day!」と言いました。
「情弱」「自業自得」「自己責任」 、もうやめませんか?こんな言い方。
共感 (きょうかん) : empathy (noun)
育成 (いくせい) : fostering, nurturing, cultivation (noun)
害 (がい) : harm, damage (noun)
用語 (ようご) : terminology, term (noun)
挑戦 (ちょうせん) : challenge, attempt (noun/verb)
情弱 (じょうじゃく) : "information weak," a derogatory term for people who lack digital literacy (noun)
自業自得 (じごうじとく) : "reaping what one sows," meaning suffering the consequences of one's own actions (noun)
自己責任 (じこせきにん) : "self-responsibility," often used to blame individuals for their misfortunes (noun)
日本 (にほん) : Japan (proper noun)
氾濫 (はんらん) : flood, overflow, proliferation (noun/verb)
不快 (ふかい) : unpleasant, uncomfortable, displeasing (adjective)
言葉 (ことば) : word, language, phrase (noun)
車椅子 (くるまいす) : wheelchair (noun)
人 (ひと) : person, people (noun)
階段 (かいだん) : stairs, staircase (noun)
前 (まえ) : in front of, before (noun/adverb)
戸惑って (とまどって) : being confused, bewildered, at a loss (verb)
時 (とき) : time, moment, when (noun)
通り (とおり) : street, passing through (noun)
若者 (わかもの) : young person, youth (noun)
言って (いって) : saying, speaking (verb)
辺 (へん) : area, vicinity (noun)
他 (た / ほか) : other, another (noun)
若者 (わかもの) : young person, youth (noun) [Repeated in list]
数名 (すうめい) : several people, a few people (noun)
巻き込んで (まきこんで) : involving, dragging in, getting others involved (verb)
上 (うえ) : up, above, on top (noun)
運んで (はこんで) : carrying, transporting (verb)
見かけ (みかけ) : seeing, noticing, encountering (verb)
礼 (れい) : thanks, gratitude, bow (noun)
言った (いった) : said, spoke (verb)
彼ら (かれら) : they, them (pronoun)
一人 (ひとり) : one person, alone (noun)
言いました (いいました) : said (formal past tense verb)
言い方 (いいかた) : way of speaking, manner of expression (noun)
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