hmmm, maybe the winning word is important for understanding such an important political occurrence, but not one that would be used by most people in their daily lives? in America, women were bemoaning the lack of sensitivity in our men and slowly the metrosexual or sensitive man “arrived”. now you’ll hear of how the men are too sensitive and not aggressive enough. i think the same thing has occurred in Japan. my friends and i were discussing how perhaps the men of Japan were too brusque, too samurai-like, so the mothers began raising their sons to be more “nikishoku (?) dansei”. now when you walk down any street, you are apt to see quite feminine looking guys. a Japanese native explained it this way: education is most important to the Japanese, so studying (passive activities) is fostered and arts/ sports not so much. as you said, moderation is best!

seikenkotai is good to know but the others not really.
fasto fashion? thats translitiration so i wouldnt call it a “new word”
or phrase.
also i want to know what will change? with the democratic party?
compared to the “liberal democratic party”?

It’s impressive how there are single words in japanese wich could be translated only using a long sentence to explain what the term means.

That way I found really interesting the word “soushokudanshi” and its counterpart (wich I’m not sure how it is spelled).

wow… i’ve been waiting for 1 whole year for cultural classes to be revived… thanks so much for the lesson~! i always feel that japanesepod101 is a step ahead against all other japanese language learning material because you cover cultural stuff… i hope cultural class will continue!

Chin-san,
Thank you for your nice comments! We’re going to do it next year too!

garden gal-san,
Thank you for sharing your great experience!