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windshield phenomenon
Noun
colloquial
Japanese Meaning
自動車が走行中にフロントガラス（ウィンドシールド）に衝突して付着する昆虫の数が、長い年月にわたって減少しているとされる、逸話に基づく観察現象。 / 自動車走行時に観察される、ウィンドシールド上で昆虫が付着する頻度が、過去に比べ顕著に低下している現象（自動車、昆虫学、日常会話の文脈で言及される現象）。
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(automotive, entomology, colloquial) The anecdotal observed decrease in the number of insects splattering across windshields during road trips across the years.
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windshield phenomenon
On long summer road trips, my family and I have started joking about the windshield phenomenon — the steady, worrying decline in insects splattering across our car's windshield over the years.
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On long summer road trips, my family and I have started joking about the windshield phenomenon — the steady, worrying decline in insects splattering across our car's windshield over the years.
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