Sense of Humor

One of my American friends asked me, “Japanese sense of humor is very different from here, right?”

I just said, “Not really, because I’m roughing at watching a lot of American TV shows and movies such as “The Office”, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Tosh.O”. 

However, come to think of it, we have some different types of comedy in Japan.  For example “Manzai(漫才)”.

Manzai (漫才^?) is a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture, which usually involves two performers (manzaishi) —a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke)—trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags.

By Wikipedia 

I can’t find any professional Manzai with English subtitle.

But, I found a YouTube video which Japanese guys are doing Manzai in English.

  

Is it Funny?  It was pretty funny for me.

  

Have a good night!

Quit After Three Days (三日坊主)

I haven’t updated my blog for a while.

In Japan, we have an expression for a person who quit something soon after starting it.

“Three Days Buddhist Priest”

This expression comes from the story that the training of Buddhist priest is too tough to continue, so a lot of potential priests quit the training in three days.

I am the one now.

I will keep updating from now on.

By the way, if anybody knows the similar expression in English, please let me know.

Do you know your blood type?

Welcome to Japanese culture.

If you are asked “Do you know your blood type?” what would you say?

You might say A positive.

At this point, I have one more question.

How much % of people know own blood type in your country?

I would say 99% of adults know own blood type in Japan.

You might say, “So what?”.

Actually, you can know your personality with your blood type.

But it is not really serious thing (Some people are crazy about blood type fortune telling especially girls).

Anyway, please check out following.

Blood Type A

 Positive Personality
・  Diligence
・  Prudent
・  Peaceful (Don’t want to fight)
・  Tidy

 Negative Personality
・  Introversive
・  They don’t like fighting, thus they have complaints and stress.
・  They tend to complain to close people (Example: Husband or Wife)
・  It takes time to get back when they mess up

Blood Type B

 Positive Personality
・  Going own way
・  Freedom
・  Entertainer
・  Flexible thinking

 Negative Personality
・  Selfish
・  Insensibility
・  Easy to be cheated
・  No MONEY

Blood Type AB

 Positive Personality
・  Idealistic
・  Unique
・  Rational
・  Creative

 Negative Personality
・  Vain
・  Childish
・  Indecisive
・  Cannot be patient

Blood Type O

 Positive Personality
・  Realistic
・  Ambitious
・  Open Mind
・  Romantic

 Negative Personality
・  Non-sense
・  Conservative & Stubborn
・  Tend to Look down on other people
・  Cannot be patient

What do you think?

Do you agree with it?

Even if you want to complain, please do not say to me. 

Hope you enjoyed reading it!

日本の血液型性格診断について英語で紹介したため、日本語で同じことを紹介しても非常につまらない。

ということで、今回は血液型を聞いた時のアメリカ人の反応を少々綴ってみようと思う。

Peter: Hey Mike(仮), what is your blood type?

Mike(仮): I think I am O - (英語ではOネガティブと発音する).

Peter: Wow, I have never seen O- person.  I am B -. It is rare(レア) in Japan.

Mike(仮): Oh yeah? ……………………….

Mike(仮):…………………….

Peter: Hey what about you, Bob(仮)?  Do you know your blood type?

Bob(仮): I don’t know.

Bob: ………………………………….

 

日本では血液型の話しになると、あまり気にしない人間も多いがそれなりに話しが弾むものだ。

しかしアメリカ人は何も気にしない上、興味も無ければ知りもしない人間も少なくない。

この会話は盛り上がらなかったが、その後日本の事情を説明したら喜んでいたようだ。

ちなみにお隣韓国でも実は血液型性格診断が通用する。

ある友人は日本からブームが来たというが、いったい誰が考えたのだろう。

確かに面白い発想であるし、実際に血液の化学的な構造が、いくつかのパターンに分けられているということを考えてみると、とても面白い。実際は４パターンとRh+ -の他にも、さらにもう少し細かく別れているようだが、それでもパターンというものは存在する。

なぜ人間の血にパターンが存在するのか？

性別は外見から明らかに２つに別れているが、内部で見えない部分の血の違いによっても、実は何か異なる部分があってもおかしくないのでは？

血液型診断、なかなか侮れない。

Peter Teppei