世論 What Japan Thinks

Well, not me personally, but what Japanese themselves like to hear other people comment on, both for women and men. As usual, this was goo Ranking looking at this subject.

Demographics

Between the 23rd and 25th of June 2008 1,014 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were male, 6.5% in their teens, 14.5% in their twenties, 31.0% in their thirties, 28.1% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 8.8% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

For me, it has to be intelligence and for loving my home life more than work, although I’ve never heard anyone in Japan praise me for that…

Ranking results

Q: What are you happy to be praised about? (Sample size=506, women)

Rank		Score
1	Good cook	100
2	Lovely skin	86.4
3	Smart, thoughtful, sensitive	80.3
4	Fresh, clean	68.1
5	Cute smile	67.5
6	Good handwriting	65.4
7	Looks young	63.1
8	Nice hair	61.0
9	Nice body	60.3
10	Gentle	58.6
11	Good diction, use of words	56.9
12	Frank	55.9
13	Thorough at cleaning	54.9
14	Good posture	53.2
15	Fashion sense	52.5
16	Intellectual	49.8
17	Nice hands	48.1
18	Good listener	46.8
19=	Sweet mannerisms	42.7
19=	Good worker	42.7
21	Smells nice	42.0
22	Good talker	40.0
23	Table manners	36.6
24	Good at making tea, coffee	36.6
25	Good with money	34.2
26	Beautiful eyes	33.6
27	Good at shopping	31.2
28=	Nice voice	28.5
28=	Make-up	28.5
30	Transparent	28.1

Q: What are you happy to be praised about? (Sample size=508, men)

Rank		Score
1	Good worker	100
2	Strong sense of responsibility	68.9
3	Reliable	57.6
4	Intellectual	50.3
5	Gentle	48.7
6	Power of observation, reading people	44.4
7	Smart, thoughtful, sensitive	41.1
8	Looks young	39.4
9	Fresh, clean	38.1
10	Good talker	31.8
11	Sporting prowess	26.2
12	Fashion sense	23.2
13	Good at compartmentalising	21.5
14	Physique	18.5
15	Look of enjoying eating	18.2
16=	Good cook	17.5
16=	Cute smile	17.5
18	Good voice	16.6
19	Nice body	16.2
20	Lively	15.2
21	Thrives on adversity	14.2
22=	Tall	13.9
22=	Table manners	13.9
24	Can hold his drink	12.6
25	Sturdy	12.3
26	Lots of friends	11.6
27	Strong	10.6
28	Own car	10.3
29	Wide circle of business associates	9.6
30	Knows nice restaurants	8.3