Kotobagari
Kotobagari (言葉狩り; "word hunting") is a sardonic term which refers to the reluctance to use words that are considered potentially offensive or politically incorrect in the Japanese language. For instance words such as rai (癩; "leper"), mekura (盲; "blind"), tsunbo (聾; "deaf"), oshi (唖; "deaf-mute"), kichigai (気違い or 気狂い, "crazy"), tosatsujō (屠殺場; "slaughterhouse"), and hakuchi (白痴; "moron/retard") are currently not used by the majority of Japanese publishing houses; the publishers often refuse to publish writing which includes these words.