アベノマスク

noun

Abe mask; cloth face mask distributed to every household in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic

Jocular term coined during the early COVID-19 pandemic, referencing then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policy of distributing reusable cloth masks. Often used humorously or critically.

See also: アベノミクス

• アベノマスクは小ちいさくて使つかいにくいと話わ題だいになった。

  The Abe masks became a topic of conversation because they were small and hard to use.

• まだアベノマスクを取とってある。

  I still have an Abe mask saved.