Japanese men are cabbage rolls. - Cabbage rolls???
We Japanese are like that. When we sit down
and hear the story, we go and buy it too.
Hey guys and girls it's Cathy Cat. Today we'll hit the streets of Tokyo and ask Japanese people
what they think is a common trait for Japanese people
so what is a typical thing Japanese people do, how do they behave?
Let's go and Ask Japanese.
We are asking what's a common Japanese trait?
Bowing, even when being on the phone.
Bowing to the other, even though they're on the phone - Bowing yeah!
I started bowing when apologizing on the phone! - Yeah
You're becoming Japanese. - Do you see that a lot? - In parks
business men do it. On the phone, bowing repeatedly.
Nobody is seeing their bows. What useless bowing!
What do Japanese people often do?
We're modest but mean. - What do you mean?
What do you mean with modest? - We're modest but cold.
When going for dinner with friends...
we all eat right?
Then there is one item left on the table
And nobody knows who should eat it. Everyone is humble about it.
But the cunning ones eat it anyways.
I see. - Instead of holding back
trying not to eat the last bit. - What are you like?
Do you wait or do you try and eat when nobody watches?
I say "I will eat that" and eat it!
Hehe, I don't eat it in secret.
If you want to eat it, you should eat it! - I should!
I won't eat the last bit. - You will hold back? - I am the adult here.
You are. - I am the adult. - You are number one adult here.
I want to eat the last fried chicken piece!
I understand that! - That's cute. I would forgive you if you ate that.
We understand you. - So one person out of 10 will eat?
There is always one that doesn't hold back
Maybe you should think of doing others a favor if you eat it.
True, the others are too modest to eat it right
Creating food waste is bad right!
Japanese people often have trouble making decisions.
You can't decide? - Well...
Japanese are less selfish. So we say "anything is ok"
We do. If you ask "Where shall we go" we say "anywhere ok."
"anything is ok". We aren't picky.
One thing I always wonder about is ...
If you ask "tea, coffee or orange juce, what do you want?"
If they say "Anything is ok" does that mean that or that they're indecisive,
or that they don't care?
Maybe "I like it all, I can drink it all"
What is a typical thing of Japanese men?
Japanese men are often cabbage rolls. - I get what you mean.
Men are rolled cabbages! - Before that we had cool types...
but now there are more rolled cabbages.
They look like they are not interested in sex but inside they are more predatory.
You get that a lot with Japanese men.
I thought you were talking about food, you mean personal traits! - Yea.
Rolled cabbages are a metaphor. Green on the outside but meaty inside.
That's why Japanese men look serious on the outside, but inside they are predatory.
They don't look perverted...
but they actually are, but hide it well?
That's very Japanese!
When did you feel like "wow I am so Japanese"?
We don't have a set religion so we can enjoy Christmas,
go to a shrine on new years,
have fun at Valentine's day,
We generally can enjoy different religious events
We also do Halloween and Easter recently.
So you felt Japanese when you started celebrating Western festivals?
That's right. We pick the things that we like without their connotation.
We use Japanese and Western things without discrimination.
You said you celebrate things from abroad...
What kind of wedding will you do? Western?
In a church or in a shrine? - You tell them girl.
Well, I will marry in October... in a church.
Congratulations. - I will wear a white wedding dress.
Hihi. - Wow nice. That means...
You wanted to wear a western wedding dress? - Yes
I wanted to wear a kimono too but
I might do that later.
I want both, maybe yes only wear it for photos.
Japanese people can pick their traditions and those from abroad. - We can.
Nice.
What made you feel Japanese?
We can pick the best things from other countries. It's a common trend.
I think that's Japanese.
Because you don't have to worry about strict religions?
We believe that there are many gods, not just one.
We are grateful to all gods that there are.
I think that's how we think. Many gods religion.
Yeah - Seems open and free. - Yeah.
Is there anything else that's where Japanese. Maybe
something you do amongst friends? - We are shy but...
When a cute girl asks us we agree to be on her show.
Haha. That just happened with this video here.
Generally we would say no but...
you looked nice, so we agreed to be interviewed.
Makes me happy. Thank you. So glad I dressed up today for you.
Does that mean, Japanese people are weak to cute things? - Maybe
When did you feel Japanese? - When I hear someone speak English.
What? - When I was abroad, people would look asian. Hearing their pronunciation would tell me they're Japanese.
Our English pronunciation sounds like the Japanese alphabet.
So their English gives them away? - Many speak Japanglish
Yeah! - You mean Good Morning sounds like グット
モーニング - Yes we hear that a lot.
Please translate my English into Katakana English.
Good afternoon, lovely lady.
That would be "Gutto aftanooon raburi reidi" - I see what you mean.
Many can't say "Lai" they will say "Rei". - And Not "Good" but "Guu"
You notice that from the people around you? But what if...
you were about to speak perfect English, would you be too shy?
I am not like that, but when you have a good English pronunciation in school...
people will say "you are pretending to be a foreigner."
I see. - In school they said that. I think that's wrong. Japanese need to ] more.
You wish others would try harder at their English pronunciation?
Yes, you for example, studied the Japanese pronunciation properly. - Yes, I am still learning.
When did you feel Japanese? - When I apologized for nothing at all.
There is no deep meaning, we just say sorry
When do you say sorry, when you shouldn't. - We say sorry when we should say thank you.
When someone picks up our eraser we say sorry not thank you.
Instead of "thanks for picking it up" we say "sorry for making you pick it up."
We do that.
Sorry goes first. - Yes. - Does that happen a lot?
We say it quickly. - I don't think we need to apologize for some things but we do.
Did you do that today? - At university I used a sewing machine
and I had to share it with the girl next to me.
I used the machine first, even though she wasn't finished either.
I said sorry when I did. - Instead of saying "wait a moment" we say "sorry for using it before you."
Japanese people use "sorry".... - Too often.
What is super Japanese? - We complain!
We don't say it there, but we say it later. Not directly though.
We complain about things later. I do that too.
That's a common one for both genders?
Does it matter? - Yeah, but girls do it more.
Boys do it too. - He said girls do it more, true?
True. So true. We don't say our opinion there and then...
we don't want to pick a fight with others...
so we don't say it there, but later, behind people's backs.
A common Japanese thing! - Same here, you spoke to us on the street
and we felt like we could not ignore you. We already listened to your story
and if this was a sales chat up, we would still listen to you.
Even though you are busy, people would sell you things. - We'd buy it.
You feel bad for turning them down? - We do. - So in stores?
If the attendant shows us around, we feel it's rude to go home
You buy at least socks?
Have you recently bought anything at a store because you felt rude?
I didn't but I am actually selling things in stores.
People will buy the things I sell them.
You're a good sales woman. - Seem like. Japanese people
are polite. Once you sit us down in a sales chat
we buy stuff. - You're using this to your advantage.
You can say something positive too...
Anything that's good about being Japanese?
We are on time. - True. - We work properly.
We are serious. Nega majime. - Mega?
Mega serious? - I meant our chose is serious.
When did you feel really serious? - When I can't turn others down
when they ask me. - Has this happened recently?
This interview here. - The thing you couldn't turn down today...
was me? - Haha. - What's Japanese to you?
Anything? - From Shizuoka where I am from...
we move slowly. - What do you mean? - Tokyoites...
walk so fast. In Shizuoka we are sluggish
- Slow? - The way we talk, act and all.
So slow. - You take your time? - We are more relaxed.
So the personal traits vary depending on which region you live in
Is that common?
I think so. North Kanto people talk really fast.
People in Hokkaido are more relaxed. People in Okinawa are a little ditsy.
I think so.
Those were our questions, thank you.
I must confess this time I got responses that I was not
prepared for. I thought people would say more traditional things like...
making Japanese food or things like that, we got the opposite. We can see that Japanese
people are starting to reflect upon their own culture, in contrast to other cultures
that are around. Now that it is almost time for the Olympics and lots of people
are coming to Tokyo. I am quite excited how that will work out next year. What is
typically Japanese in YOUR opinion. Let's be nice to each other, write a nice comment down below
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