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供給 kyoukyuu
Official content, treated as rations.
What does kyoukyuu mean?
New photos, new episodes, a surprise announcement. Fans speak of 供給 the way a village speaks of the harvest: abundant, or worryingly absent.
Example
今週は供給が多すぎて、心が追いつかない。
There's been too much new content this week — my heart can't keep up.
Vibe
Who you can say this to, and how it lands.
Friends only Casual. Natural with friends, out of place at work or with strangers.
The story behind kyoukyuu
供給 is an economics word: supply, the other half of demand. Fandom borrowed it and then committed to the metaphor completely, so official output is discussed the way a village discusses the harvest. A new photo set, a surprise announcement, an unexpected video, all of it is 供給.
Hence 供給過多 for a week with three releases in it, and 供給不足 for the long silence after a tour ends. There is a sibling metaphor too, 燃料, fuel, for anything that keeps the fire going. It is only half a joke. Waiting is the main activity of fandom, and the vocabulary was built by people who wait.
Get kyoukyuu in your pocket
供給 is one of 308 words in YABAI, a Japanese culture snack for Android. Every word comes with its meaning, an example sentence, a vibe check and a story like the one above — in 13 languages, read aloud by your device. Paid app: no ads, no sign-up, no subscription.
