コロナ禍

Japanese

Kanji in this term
禍
か Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
コロナ禍 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of コロナ (korona, “short for コロナウイルス (koronauirusu)”) +‎ 禍 (ka, “disaster, chaos”). It became a runner-up in a 2020 neologism award held by Daijisen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾo̞na̠ka̠]

Proper noun

コロナ禍(か) • (Korona-ka) 

1. (neologism) the chaos and disaster of the COVID-19 pandemic
   • 2020 July 1 [2020 April 20], NHK, quoting Mainichi Shimbun, “‘Shin-gata koronauirusu’ kanren no kotoba [Words related to the ‘novel coronavirus’]”, in NHK Hōsō bunka kenkyūjo‎^[1]:

     コロナ禍(か)は気(き)候(こう)変(へん)動(どう)を巡(めぐ)る国(こく)際(さい)交(こう)渉(しょう)のゆくえにも影(かげ)を落(お)とす。

     Korona-ka wa kikō hendō o meguru kokusai kōshō no yukue ni mo kage o otosu.

     The coronavirus pandemic also casts a shadow over international discussions of topics of concern related to climate change.

   • 2020 May 21, Kawabata Hiroto, “‘Korona-ka’ wa itsu made tsuzuku? [How long will the ‘corona disaster’ continue?]”, in National Geographic‎^[2]:

     当(とう)面(めん)、ぼくたちは、行(こう)動(どう)を変(へん)容(よう)させた「新(あたら)しい日(にち)常(じょう)」の中(なか)で、「コロナ禍(か)」と付(つ)き合(あ)っていくことになる。

     Tōmen, boku-tachi wa, kōdō o hen'yō saseta “atarashii nichijō” no naka de, “korona-ka” to tsukiatte-iku koto ni naru.

     Currently, our changed lifestyles are becoming a ‘new normal’, associated with the ‘corona disaster’.

   • 2021 June 12, “Jōjō kigyō, kibō taishoku ichi-man nin chō [At listed companies, more than ten thousand voluntary retirements]”, in Jiji.com‎^[3], archived from the original on 13 June 2021:

     生(せい)産(さん)拠(きょ)点(てん)や事(じ)業(ぎょう)集(しゅう)約(やく)を進(すす)めた電(でん)気(き)機(き)器(き)が７(なな)社(しゃ)で続(つづ)くが、多(おお)くは観(かん)光(こう)や運(うん)送(そう)、外(がい)食(しょく)といった、コロナ禍(か)による外(がい)出(しゅつ)自(じ)粛(しゅく)や営(えい)業(ぎょう)時(じ)間(かん)短(たん)縮・休(しゅく・きゅう)業(ぎょう)要(よう)請(せい)の影(えい)響(きょう)を受(う)けた企(き)業(ぎょう)だ。

     Seisan kyoten ya jigyō shūyaku o susumeta denki kiki ga nanasha de tsuzuku ga, ōku wa kankō ya unsō, gaishoku to itta, korona-ka ni yoru gaishutsu jishuku ya eigyō jikan tanshuku kyūgyō yōsei no eikyō o uketa kigyō da.

     Seven electrical equipment manufacturing companies continue to advance their production base and business activities, but many businesses in the tourism, transport, and food service industries are being seriously affected by the pandemic due to appeals to limit excursions, to curtail or shorten business hours, or to suspend operations.

Hypernyms

• 疫(えき)禍(か) (ekika)