By the way, if you're wondering what all this talk of a potential "overshoot" of COVID-19 cases in Tokyo is about, congratulations. You're witnessing the birth of a word of "wasei eigo", or "English made in Japan".
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And thus, オーバーシュート (ōbāshūto) from now on stops meaning "overshoot" and starts meaning "explosion", and Japanese-native English learners are more confused, and English-native Japanese learners are more confused, and a new trap for translators to fall into is born.
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Someone had already added "overshoot" to the Japanese Wikipedia page for wasei eigo... with the wrong actual English translation ("pandemic"). Japan: home of recursive English fail. (I edited it to "surge (of infections)")
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It remains to be seen whether the term will later come to be used in contexts other than infectious disease or not.
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For context, wasei eigo all stars: mansion - condo, apartment cunning - cheating high touch - high five cooler - air conditioner salary man - white-collar worker claim - complaint smart - slender, slim consent - wall outlet (etymology: concentric plug) charge - top up (e-money)
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