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Word of the Day: Smoke and Mirrors
The Tsukiji relocation is not going as planned in Tokyo.
We are all wondering why and what the heck happened.
Well, there seems to be a lot of smoke and mirrors about the consultation and building processes.
It would appear that many things were said because they ‘sounded good,’ but in reality, what was said and done are two completely different things.
The new Tokyo governor has to clear a lot of smoke and mirrors before the truth is revealed.
Smoke and mirrors describes a situation when something has been done to hide the truth.
If there is a lot of smoke in a place or a lot of mirrors, we can get confused.
Many people are confused about the Tsukiji relocation at the moment.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least a 7th-grade education (age 12).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 72.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.