世論 What Japan Thinks

Here’s a quick second dose of goo Ranking for today, this time they asked women what words of faint praise are they not sure if they should be happy to hear.

Demographics

Between the 21th and 24th of October 2008 1,056 members of the goo Research online monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.5% of the sample were female, 5.0% in their teens, 13.2% in their twenties, 28.4% in their thirties, 31.5% in their forties, 13.1% 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. Since this was a female-only survey, only the 554 women answered.

Pictured above is the top answer, a Heian beauty (well, I think she’s from the Heian period!), to let you decide whether it is a compliment or not.

Photo from whatsound on flickr

Ranking result

Q: What words of faint praise are you not sure whether to be happy about hearing? (Sample size=554, women)

Rank		Score
1	You have the face of a Heian beauty	100
2	You photograph well	87.2
3	You’d be beautiful if you were thin	85.5
4	You have an individual face	80.9
5	You never seem to have problems	78.3
6	It would feel nice to touch your upper arms	64.7
7	Your face looks lovely in make-up	63.0
8	You’re the type that looks slimmer in clothes	60.0
9	You have lovely skin	56.6
10	You hold your own against men	54.5
11	You don’t look your age	52.8
12	You look like you’ll have a long life	46.4
13	You have an individual fashion sense	46.0
14	You look lovely from behind	44.3
15	You look like you have lots of stamina	43.0
16	It’s good that you seem to enjoy every day	40.0
17	You’re more entertaining than some celebrities	32.8
18	I’d love to have you as a little sister	30.6
19	You seem to really enjoy your food	18.7
20	You’d suit a kimono	10.6