[Harassment] Knowledge You Should Know: A Collection of Trivia Quizzes and Fun Facts About Harassment
Harassment has become a problem in various settings, including workplaces, schools, and everyday life.
Even if you know the basic types like moral harassment, power harassment, and sexual harassment, many people may be unfamiliar with newly coined terms or surprising definitions.
In this article, we introduce trivia and fun facts about common forms of harassment in a quiz format.
Let’s equip ourselves with this knowledge so we don’t end up making others uncomfortable without realizing it.
We hope it helps you build better relationships.
[Harassment] Knowledge You Should Know. Harassment Trivia Quiz and Fun Facts Collection (1–10)
What do you call it when, in the workplace for example, someone forces juniors or peers to agree that “work is fun,” pushing that sense of enjoyment onto them?
- Enjoy harassment
- moral harassment
- Power harassment
See the answer
Enjoy harassment
“Enjoyment harassment (enjihara)” is a form of harassment in workplaces or schools where “fun” or “fulfillment” is forced on people. Many feel pressure and stress from having the assumption that “you’re enjoying your work” imposed on them, and it is drawing attention as a new type of harassment.
What do you call harassment related to air conditioning and the environment, such as using the AC or setting the temperature?
- customer harassment
- smoke harassment
- air conditioner harassment
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air conditioner harassment
Air conditioner harassment refers to harassment that causes mental stress or discomfort by setting the air conditioner temperature in places like offices against others’ wishes or by forcing an environment that is too cold or too hot. It is increasingly seen as a problem in the workplace, and appropriate measures are sometimes required.
What do you call it when a company pressures students to end their job-hunting activities in order to join that company, or to withdraw from other companies’ selection processes?
- moral harassment
- Power harassment
- job-search-is-over harassment
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job-search-is-over harassment
“Job-hunting end harassment (owahara)” refers to actions by companies that, after offering a job to a student, coerce them to withdraw from other companies’ selection processes or pressure them to end their job search. This hinders students’ freedom of choice and is regarded as a human rights violation.
What do you call it when a company or a boss forces employees to leave work at the regular quitting time?
- time-saving harassment
- sexual harassment
- On-time departure harassment
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workplace harassment related to telework or remote work (so‑called “jita-hara”)
Jitahara is short for “time-reduction harassment,” which occurs when a company or supervisor forces employees to leave work at the regular quitting time while ignoring the actual state of their tasks. Due to work-style reforms, this new kind of harassment is also being viewed as a problem.
What do you call harassing women about pregnancy, childbirth, or parenting?
- Power harassment
- sexual harassment
- maternity harassment
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maternity harassment
Harassment or unfavorable treatment of women related to pregnancy, childbirth, or childcare is called “maternity harassment” (often shortened to “matahara”). This has become a social issue, and the term may also be used when the target is a spouse or partner, not just women themselves.
What do you call harassment that involves unwanted, excessive sexual remarks or actions toward someone who does not consent?
- Power harassment
- sexual harassment
- maternity harassment
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sexual harassment
Sexual harassment (sekuhara) refers to harassment that causes discomfort or psychological distress through unwanted sexual remarks or actions. It includes not only harassment by men toward women but also harassment by women toward men.
What do you call acts such as harassment and bullying that occur within a school?
- customer harassment
- moral harassment
- school harassment
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school harassment
School harassment is a general term that encompasses a wide range of harassing behaviors that actually occur within schools, such as bullying and harassment, corporal punishment and power harassment by teachers, and conflicts between students. Moral harassment and sexual harassment are also considered forms of school harassment.


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