Kotobagari (言葉狩り, "word hunting") is a sardonic term which refers to the reluctance to use words that are considered potentially offensive or politically...

limiting freedom of speech by bowing to political correctness (in Japanese, kotobagari). For example, the name of professional wrestler Bobo Brazil has at times...

Japanese film rating organization Japanese history textbook controversies Kotobagari—self-censorship and euphemisms Kisha club—restrictive journalist clubs...

people Gutmensch – Pejorative German term for a sanctimonious do-gooder Kotobagari – Japanese term for euphemistic speech Linguistic relativity – Hypothesis...

Shina in Japanese is considered socially unacceptable and subject to kotobagari, especially the kanji form; if Shina is used, it is now generally written...

a compromise to placate both nations in a euphemistic process called kotobagari. Likewise, when NHK broadcasts a language instruction program for Korean...

Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Racial discrimination Kotobagari (word hunting) Black Lives Matter protests in Japan 徹底追及「言葉狩り」と差別　週刊文春編　平成6年出版...

at a university hospital? Chuo Kōron 1994 February - December Project Kotobagari and Discrimination: A Thorough Investigation Bunshun 1994 February - March...

dictionary had a censorship policy before it became politically correct (see kotobagari), and omitted taboo words such as sexual slang or offensive terms. It...

public viewed these exposures negatively, as leading to self-censoring, or kotobagari. On 14 July 2021, the Organizing Committee announced the creative team...