Been trying to figure out “social” as in “social distancing” means as it’s obviously not 社会的. 🇺🇸 wife says it means “outside household” thus doesn’t apply to family living together. True? If so I’d translate it as 家庭外の人と物理的距離を置くこと although clunky.
Googled some more alternative translations that may help the Japanese get “social distancing”:
- 距離あけ [kyoriake] - 4 syllables, our favorite!
- 2mルール [nimētoru rūru] - “rule” is a magic word
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