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Yakult Swallows slugger 'Murakami-sama' tops Japan 2022 buzzword list

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How about “printing money” or “unlimited military budget”?

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Mura means village as well. So village god sounds about right here in the village. For comparison, Merriam-Webster chose "gaslighting;" a more global issue.

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Mura means village as well. So village god sounds about right here in the village.

Wrong kami. It's not 神, it's 上: 村上宗隆

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But, the allusion is surely to "god" in kami-sama.

...fans coined the word "Murakami-sama" in a play with words over his name and the kanji Chinese character kami, which means god in Japanese, and further added the honorific suffix -sama.

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But, the allusion is surely to "god" in kami-sama.

You're right. I googled a bit:

村神様(ヤクルト入団後に神懸かり的な活躍を見せる村上に対し、ネット上でささやかれるようになった言葉。オリジナルグッズが販売されるなど、球団公認の愛称となっている)

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E4%B8%8A%E5%AE%97%E9%9A%86#%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%94%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

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