New Words and Popular Words Award:Ten years ago, there were two annual awards. "Ari no mama de" and "Yokai Watch" were also in the top ten.

The 2024 New Words and Buzzwords Awards, which decide the most popular words of the year, will be announced on December 2nd. The annual grand prize and top ten will be selected from 30 nominated words such as "Futehodo," "Hate?", and "50-50." Here, we will look back on the New Words and Buzzwords Awards 10 years ago in 2014. The awards began in 1984 and are announced every year in early December. Candidate words are selected by the editorial department and others, mainly from the words included in "Gendai yogo kishoseki" (Basic Knowledge of Modern Terms) (Jiyuukokuminsha). From these, the selection committee will select the top ten and annual grand prize. Among the top ten winning words of 2014, "Ari no mama de," which was created in the context of the Disney movie "Frozen" boom, "Kabedon," which was a hot topic in manga and movies, and other words would be classified as entertainment words. In addition, "Gokigenyou," which became a familiar line from the NHK morning drama "Hanako to Anne," which aired in the same year, also ranked in. The winner was Miwa Akihiro, who acted as the narrator. Also ranked in the sports, society and politics categories were "Carp Girls," "Legend," "Maternity Harassment," and "Dangerous Drugs." The two annual grand prize winners were "No way, no way" and "Collective Self-Defense." "No way, no way" was a line from "Widow Akemi-chan No. 3," a signature skit by the comedy duo "Nihon Elekiteru Rengo," who broke out that same year. Ten years from now, in 2024, other nominees include "Futehodo," "Hate?" and "50-50," as well as entertainment-related "Deguchi 8" and "Bling-Bang-Bang-Born." It will be interesting to see what is selected. ◇2014's buzzword award and top ten (in alphabetical order) ・Buzzword award: No way, no way, no way / Right of collective self-defense ・Top ten: As it is, Carp girls, kabedon, dangerous drugs, gokigenyou, maternity harassment, Yo-kai watch, legend ◇List of 30 nominees for 2024 Acai bowl, Seal kindergarten, Inbound rice bowl, illicit funds problem, neighborhood, customer harassment, convenience store Mount Fuji, Samurai time slipper, Middle-aged Japan, new banknotes, new NISA, soft elderly harm, Tokuryu, Nankai Trough earthquake emergency information, cat meme, Hello, I'm happy, Exit 8, What?, BeReal, Victims' Association, 50-50, Futehodo, Bling-Bang-Bang-Born, Breaking, White case, Unification of minor health insurance cards, I couldn't leave a memorable quote, That's enough, isn't it?, Oh no, I'm too cool, Reiwa rice riots