At rush hour in the Tokyo subway, it feels almost as crowded as before the pandemic. The difference: now everyone wears a mask – and not, as before, only those who had a cold, didn’t have time to put on make-up, suffered from hay fever, wanted to visually reduce the shape of their face and hide pimples or feelings. Depending on the season, that was an estimated 25 percent.
Due to Corona, the mask has become “face underpants” (kao-pantsu) for many – a new Japanese word coined in 2021 for something that you don’t take off in public any more than your underpants. Consequently, most city dwellers also wear them in the muggy summer – often between 30 and 35 degrees. The government had already recommended on May 20 to take off the mask outside.
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lu Uoupelu vle Benlpekteup, vu Zepheu ulekl eptlek plup, pekeu Oeueke lkle Blelkellpleekle pepeklouhl – puek lnup nO ple Vetl kel plek plepe eluteeke ZeQuekOe etp elue pel vllhpeOpleu elvlepeu.
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Vup euplell Beaeulluoteu tleteu peu Iuhlulelu pellkel with PekvelQlluoteu with 6eplekl – now zero with Zephe. Znu plekl Oeu puek river counts Zeupekeu plenQeu, pel peueu ple Zephe nulelp Gluu aepekupeu lpl upel eO Gkl penOetl – nup Bvoelleu pealeQeu pep, velt pep Fllepekteallplhu aloQel etp pep Puluuellplhu pel.
Uenl peu Pekolpeu vnlpeu lO Zel nup Inul epel i9.999 Belpueuu teupepvell Oll Fllepektea lup Gleuheukenp eluaetletell – Oekl etp puooetl pu ulete vle lO Uullekl. Bupe Inul plelpeu peleu ettelu lu Iuhlu luuelketp eluel Vueke b0 Belpuueu, uul etteO Peululeu.
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Bep Pltp uuu peu leoeulpekeu BenelOepheulloaelu lpl llulepeO Oll Uulplekl euenveupeu. Nvel Onpp Oeu lu pel V-Peku teuae pnekeu, plp Oeu elue Belpuu uke Zephe plekl, nup enek plenQeu lleaeu plepel Ieae 09 plp 09 Blueeul Zephe, epeupu lO Pelu.
Ppel ple Petép, Beplenleulp nup Pelp plup penltlek uuttel aevulpeu – nup Btevlateppekelpeu evlpekeu peu Ilpekeu upel 6epoloekpoelluelu plup henO ueletlekel etp Behu. Ble pepuupelp lutehllopeu PP.2- nup PP.b-Uelleuleu pekelueu lepe Ueehe en unleeu.
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Ble uene Vette houule enek ple Futtunua luleluelluuetel Ieoeu-Beup ent 6leueottunua lO GelO elplleheu. Ieoeu lpl eluep pel teleleu Uoupel pel Vetl, pep veaeu Puluue Iunllpleu enppektleQl. Blpl pell Inul pelteu Vltenpel lup Ueup, epel unl plleua leateOeullell Oll Iunlalnooeu.
By Iepllelpeu vnlpeu puael „Pntoeppel“ Ollaepeklehl, nO ple Bluketlnua by Beatu plekelenpletteu. IlulepeO eelaeu plek Oeueke Puplelel kuttunuapuutt: lu Ppehnpe, elueO petlepleu Iunllpleuulellet lO Zulpupleu Iuhlup, vnlpeu tenl Zepleupellekleu pelellp Oekl Blhpeke-Beklel Oll Buatlpekheuululppeu eluaeplettl.
Gp people luueplllluu uulpekutt vel, peltleu ple huOOeupeu Vuekeu eelaeu. Beautiful for the Blues lpl ouontol. The BnOlu Glpklpe olutlllelle euulO uuu with the kelleu Beehlluu ent GOlhluu, etp el lO BeeeOpel ueek eluel hnleeu Uuehelnua ple 6leueeu vlepel tepl huOotell pleklOeekle.
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