-So they put on contacts -I think so
Nice shoes
Nice shoes?
Black hair?
Long hair?
and being open minded everything around them
Hey guys, it's Cathy Cat
and today I'm going to go and ask Japanese people
what conditions a lady has to fulfill
in all that to be seen as a beautiful lady
a "Bijin"
so let's go ask Japanese and foreigners
The face line is beautiful
What type of face line?
Sharp lines?
The sharp ones
are good
They say small faces are good in Japan. What does that mean?
When you look at the balance between the body and face, the face is small
People with big eyes
That is why a lot of people put on contact lenses?
I think so
Beautiful eyes
Umm..blue eyes?
Big blue eyes and..
the smile that goes with it
Yeah
A good smile, a genuine happy smile
with the eyes
and a good laugh
I say the same. Smile, beautiful smile
Big eyes, big smiles
That makes a beautiful lady
Yeah, nice beautiful lady
The face
I think the eyes and the nose are the most important
What eyes and nose are good in Japan?
If you had high nose, you look like a foreigner and thus look beautiful
I personally think people whose edge of the mouth is beautiful when they laugh is good
So they look nice in total when they smile?
I think when the total face is smiling, it looks beautiful
I like girls that are fashionable
Even they are not fashionable in a way that I like fashion,
as long as they have their own style, I think that's cool
That makes them like you a lot
I agree. I think that fashion is really important
but also someone that has confidence just as they walk
like you can tell that compared to someone that is shy
Big eyes
The total look is...mature looking fashion
Black hair
Long hair
And half...half Japanese looking
That is what I think
I think girls who fit with the pink color is cute
Fit with pink
Excellent
Happy smile
Happy smile, genuine smile
Genuine smile
What do you mean by genuine smile?
Happiness from the heart or joy from the heart
Happiness through their smile like you can see joy through their faces
Happy face
Happy face?
So beautiful lady has a happy face. What do you mean?
Just smiling be happy, joyous.
Preferring a cheerful person?
Cool looks, nice shoes
What?
-Seriously? -Yeah
What shoes do you classify as nice?
Stylish ones
With or without heel?
Heels are nice
Doing the makeup correctly,
and no cutting corners
and no cutting corners on fashion, too
those girls seem nice.
Girls who have the ability to play around with different styles in wide range is a great girl
Since we are in Japan, for the 4 seasons
I buy top to bottom coordination
buying one coordination in fashion
I believe that is one condition of being beautiful
So what are you doing?
The coordination in fashion this year is open shoulders
Off shoulder necklines?
Yes. Off shoulder sweater with the neckline
which can be detached
That is in fashion so that is one
The second is a black choker
Ribbon chokers are in, so that's the second
The third is a transparent kind of skirt
It still seems to be in fashion, so that's the 3rd
The 4th is the color of the hair
The two tone color, or something with double layers still seems to be in, so..
The 5th is something different from others
or to have something totally same with the friend when you go out
These are the trends this time so I will have at least one of them
This is one condition of being beautiful
Kind to everyone
What to do, then?
Act while thinking of others
Being very caring for someone else
Doing lots of things for someone else
Being open minded about everything around them
I think confidence makes you really attractive
A good quick sense of humor
and that's really quite attractive
Can switch mood completely
Doing things properly at home and
Being yourself when in private mode
and when outside, being sharp is probably much more beautiful
So in your private time, being yourself and in your "on" time, working a little more hard
just like that
Not feeling inferior to others
I believe that is important
For example, not discrediting just because you're ugly
I believe people who do not compare with others are often found in beautiful people
So not comparing yourself with others?
Not talking bad about others and
not talking bad about yourself is what I find in beautiful people
Not talking bad about yourself
Not talking bad neither about yourself or others is cool
I think who can have fun like laugh at themselves
and not beneath them, but enjoy the moment
and to be part of conversation. I think that's cool
Just someone who can be confident,
and happy with themselves,
and who can have a good time
Kind and self confident
or take care of others
I find people like that so maybe that's it
Have one core of yourself
Have a clear target
Having a sense of who you are is the important thing
Nice. So having a clear target
No matter what people say, being what you are
That is nice
I guess someone who works hard is nice
That is what I think
Kind-hearted and servant-harded
So going out of her way to love others well
Compassionate for other people
Someone who is caring
For example doing..?
Doing nice things for other people, not doing just for themselves
Someone that loves people well
Um..shows their love for someone...
through their actions
For example doing..?
Um...taking someone to coffee
For example
girls who keep smiling even when they have a rough time is,
is brilliant I think
A girl who can cry in front of others
That means?
Honest. Not lying to yourself or others
That is to be a beautifu
Rejecting when you don't like it
Saying it's hard when you're having a hard time
If it is a no, you say no.
The key is how to tell others all of that
without making others feel bad
and after telling others that, conveying that those are your feelings
and also telling them what they would feel if they were in my position
That is what is necessary to be a beautiful person
For example
There is an old man with a cane in his hand
Asking the person sitting in front of him to give him the seat
That's a beautiful person
That would be a beautiful lady in my opinion
but people around you may think
That's a strange thing to do
That's very likely
so from other people, that may not be considered as a beautiful person
She would probably be thought with a bad character
but I think saying those things honestly is,
what makes a beautiful person
So to wrap it up,
being honest on what you say
and feelings, while thinking of others
Perhaps surrounding people may feel bad about it
but be honest and don't lie?
Yes. You may think beautiful, but others may not think so
but what I think which makes a beautiful person is being true to yourself
and for others around you,
if they were in that position or that feeling
I would be thankful
I think that's what makes a beautiful person
That was all the question. Thank you very much
Confidence seems to be what people perceive as beautiful
and people mention it for inside and outside
so the interesting thing is that people don't always think that confidence comes out from the inside
It's something that shines through to the outside
and it's very attractive apparently
and apart from that we have smiles,
honest and being kind
and another thing we found out was we had to
ask her what she meant but idea is,
so if you do something kind for other people
it might make you look bad
for certain people around you
but if you still do that in order to be kind to that one person
then you are still kind of beautiful
It was very hard to understand at first,
but idea of if you for example ask someone to stand up
from their seat on the train because there is someone in need of seat than they do
because they were too lazy to get up,
obviously they might be upset
and people around may think that's not your business, is it?
but if she is strong enough and say someone else is in need of the seat more than you,
then she might think that's beauty but others may not think so
For that sense, the director of Ask Japanese is doing Yoga behind the camera
and this really....really
What do you think is beautiful
what makes a girl or a women beautiful in the inside and outside
Looking forward to reading your comments
What pose is that?
Will catch you soon on Ask Japanese. Bye