Catchword for “shoshika”
Catchword: shoshika
Part of Speech: n.
Quotation: The decline in Japan’s birth rate is so severe they have invented a word for it—"shoshika,” meaning a society without children.
Author:
Jonathan Head
Jonathan Head
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
BBC
BBC
Dateline:
Tokyo
Tokyo
Date of Publication:
Dec. 3, 2004
Dec. 3, 2004
This catchword has yet to be researched.
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