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歩きスマホ
あるきスマホ
1. [n,vs]
▶ texting while walking
▶ looking at one's smartphone while walking
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2641300 スマホ 1. smartphone; smart phone

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2017-08-31 09:06:21  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
let's have both
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<gloss>looking at one's smartphone while walking</gloss>
5. A* 2017-08-31 05:02:25  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
The most concise and natural sounding English 
translation of 歩きスマホ is "texting while walking". 
Besides, the "texting" part isn't very literal but used 
to broadly refer to "using one's smartphone".
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-
way/2017/07/29/540140824/its-now-illegal-to-text-while-
crossing-the-street-in-honolulu
http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/07/texting-while-
walking-looks-silly.html
https://nypost.com/2016/03/26/it-could-soon-be-illegal-
to-text-while-walking-in-new-jersey/
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>looking at one's smartphone while walking</gloss>
+<gloss>texting while walking</gloss>
4. A 2017-07-23 19:48:30  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2017-07-23 16:38:35  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not limited to texting so I think this is fine.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +13,0 @@
-<gloss>texting while walking</gloss>
2. A 2014-05-09 01:40:53  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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