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Idiom: Step up to the plate
The government of Japan has already reduced the legal voting age from 20 to 18.
Many 18-year-olds stepped up to the plate and took advantage of their first opportunity to vote in the last national election.
To step up to the plate means to take responsibility or to take action in times of crisis or when a response is necessary.
Now, discussions about also decreasing the age of adulthood from 20 to 18 have started.
It appears that young people in Japan will be asked to step up to the plate at an earlier age.
Young people may be asked to start accepting the tasks and responsibilities of adults two years sooner than previously.
Whether we want to or not, there is a time when everyone has to step up to the plate and start taking responsibility.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 62.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.
