Twitter

ついったー
noun
Twitter, X (social media)
leisure
1. Twitter, X (social media)
A social media platform for posting short messages (tweets), now rebranded as X.
Share information on Twitter.
I follow my favorite celebrity's Twitter.
The Twitter post went viral and became a big topic.

Twitter (rebranded as X in 2023) is very popular in Japan. Japan has one of the highest Twitter user bases in the world.

Common expressions

Usage

  • Despite the rebranding to X, many Japanese users still call it Twitter
  • Twitter is commonly used for news, entertainment, and disaster information
  • ツイッター or Twitterwritten in Japanese text

炎上(えんじょう) (literally "going up in flames") specifically refers to a post receiving massive negative attention.