Why Japanese People Love Masks – Surprising!

みなさんは2020ねんきたコロナをおぼえていますか?…わすれられませんよね😭あのころ世界中せかいじゅうでマスクをしなきゃいけない時期じきがありました… その中日本なかにほん世界せかい一番長いちばんながくマスクをけていたくになんです!じつはコロナになるまえから日本にほんではマスクをよくつける文化ぶんかがあります!

日本人にほんじんはどうしてマスクをするのでしょうか 😷理由りゆうはいくつかあります。まず一番大いちばんおおきいのは、風邪かぜやインフルエンザをほかひとにうつさないためです。日本にほんでは「まわりのひと迷惑めいわくをかけない」ということをにするので、すこしでも体調たいちょうわるいとマスクをするんですよ!

そして、それ以上いじょう日本にほんでは、マスクでかおをかくすと安心あんしんするひとおおいんです🫢すっぴんをせたくないや、ほかひとにあまりられたくないという理由りゆうでマスクをするひともいます。ひとおお場所ばしょでは、まわりのにならなくなって、らくだとかんじるひともいるみたいですね~🥺

とく学生がくせいあいだではふゆあいだマスクをいつもつけているひとおおいとおもいます!まあさむいからという理由りゆうももちろんあるとおもいますが、今振いまふかえると思春期ししゅんきほかひとからなんとなく自分じぶんかくしたいとおもっていたんじゃないかな~(わたし経験けいけん😂)

【English Translation】

Do you remember COVID that happened in 2020?
You can’t forget it, right?
There was a time when people all over the world had to wear masks.
Among them, Japan was actually the country that wore masks for the longest time in the world!
In fact, even before COVID, there has been a culture of wearing masks in Japan.

So why do Japanese people wear masks?
There are several reasons.
The biggest reason is to avoid spreading colds or the flu to other people.
In Japan, people care a lot about “not causing trouble to others,” so even if they feel a little sick, they wear a mask.

And more than that, in Japan, many people feel safe when they hide their face with a mask.
Some people wear masks on days when they don’t want to show their bare face, or when they don’t want to be seen by others too much.
In crowded places, some people feel more relaxed because they don’t worry about other people’s eyes.

Especially among students, many people wear masks all the time during winter.
Of course, one reason is that it’s cold, but looking back now, maybe it was because during adolescence, they wanted to hide themselves from others somehow (that was my experience).

【Vocabulary List】

覚える(おぼえる)- to remember
起きる(おきる)- to happen
忘れられない(わすれられない)- unforgettable
世界中(せかいじゅう)- all over the world
つける(マスクをつける)- to wear (a mask)
文化(ぶんか)- culture
理由(りゆう)- reason
いくつか – several
風邪(かぜ)- cold (sick)
インフルエンザ – influenza / flu
うつす – to spread (a disease)
周り(まわり)- people around / surroundings
迷惑(めいわく)- trouble, inconvenience
体調(たいちょう)- physical condition
顔(かお)- face
かくす(隠す)- to hide
安心(あんしん)- feeling safe, relief
すっぴん – no makeup
場所(ばしょ)- place
気になる(きになる)- to worry about, to care about
振り返る(ふりかえる)- to look back, reflect
思春期(ししゅんき)- adolescence
経験(けいけん)- experience


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