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What you would most hate your family to see

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Today’s silly survey from goo Ranking is a look at what people would most hate their family to see, and for a change it has some slightly more spicy answers than usual.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% 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.

Number two was rather difficult to translate, as I wasn’t quite sure of the exact nuance in the phrase! I’m not really sure what my own answer would be, but for number one, given the availability of the internet these days, being caught *cough* reading *cough* an inappropriate web site must be an ever-present danger for teenagers.

According to a random photo on flickr, even grannies can be caught doing number one…

Reading Some Good News.
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What you wouldn’t let your Japanese boyfriend wear

goo Ranking recently surveyed their members to find out what items of fashion women would baulk at their boyfriends wearing or putting on.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% 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. This survey was for the women only.

This is another one of these surveys that leaves me scratching my head as to the point; nail art and skirts on men are a very different statement to, say, a piercing or a tanktop. Here’s a photo from Flickr of someone violating numbers 2, 4, 12, 18 and 21 at least!

Red nails pink lipstick

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Spotting someone who needs to get a life

This ranking survey from goo Ranking uses an internet slang that the person who writes the URLs for the surveys couldn’t translate! Usually the URLs are English summaries of the survey topic, but this time we got just non_leah_mitsuru, a poor transliteration of the term 非リア充. The term リア充 appears in my favourite dictionary, so by negating it as indicated by 非, the survey becomes a look at the features of people who do not have a sufficient real-world life.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% 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.
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Keeping your other half keen

It’s been a while since goo Ranking has published back-to-back a paired survey, so I am pleased to present what people in relationships make effort to do in order to prevent their partner getting bored with them, for both men and women.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% 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.

When dating, I like to think that I did the first four for men.
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Feeling a gap between your Japanese friends

goo Ranking’s survey for today was into when one cannot help feeling disparity between one’s friends; I think the Japanese implies that the person answering is feeling on the bottom of the pile, not boasting about being on top!

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% 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.

Talking about the last answer, it implies dropping one’s sprog at the city hospital versus this joint (here is their web site) that I couldn’t even afford if it were just an ordinary hotel!

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Ichiro still Japan’s favourite sportsperson

A recent survey from Central Research Service Inc looked at popular sports, their 19th such annual survey, which found much to my surprise that sumo had lost little of its popularity despite the match-fixing scandal.

Demographics

Between the 7th and 18th of July 2011 4,000 adult members of the public were randomly selected, and 1,269 of them, or 31.7%, agreed to answer the questionnaire in face-to-face interviews. More specific demographic information was not provided.

I haven’t a clue of the name of my favourite some wrestler – let me look it up – ah yes, Takanoyama (High/Proud Mountain). He became my favourite when I saw him competing at the recent basho and took pity on the wee diddy.

See more about him here.
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Favourite Mario Kart characters

A recent survey from goo Ranking was a look at what Japanese considered to be thier favourite characters from the Mario Kart series.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th of September 2011 1,112 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.8% of the sample were female, 13.5% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 28.1% in their thirties, 25.5% in their forties, 8.7% in their fifties, and 6.0% 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.

Having never played Mario Kart in any incarnation, I cannot comment on this survey, so instead here’s some action from the game.


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Surprising Japanese parent mad skillz

I think that’s the term young folk would use for this survey from goo Ranking that looked at what people would be surprised to see their parents using like it was second nature.

Demographics

Over the 22nd and 23rd of July 2011 1,114 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 65.4% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 28.6% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 7.7% 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.

Here’s a couple of old folk giving it laldy on Dance Dance Revolution:

Via Japan Probe.
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Best live-action movie adaptations of anime or manga

It seems that just about every other Japanese film coming out these days is based on a cartoon or comic, so it seems a good time to have a look with goo Ranking at how people rate the best live-action movie adaptations of manga and anime.

Demographics

Over the 22nd and 23rd of July 2011 1,114 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 65.4% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 28.6% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 7.7% 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.

I’ve not seen any of the movies, and I’m not really sure how the list was created – Nodame Cantibile, for instance, seemed quite a popular real-life realisation of the comic, but it doesn’t feature in the list. On the other hand, I am not in the least suprised to see that My Darling is a Foriegner features nowhere on the list.

This coming weekend I have a preview ticket for Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite, which I would translate as When My Hubby Became Depressed, a film of the TV series of the manga comic. Let’s have the trailer for that:


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Spotting an unladylike Japanese woman

This is sort-of a follow-up to the earlier look at effeminate men, being goo Ranking’s look at what things in women’s pockets would make them less charming.

Demographics

Over the 22nd and 23rd of July 2011 1,114 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 65.4% of the sample were female, 12.3% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 28.6% in their thirties, 24.8% in their forties, 10.1% in their fifties, and 7.7% 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. This question was for men only.

I’m not sure why the question was about pockets, as the items below in a handbag would have a similar effect, I think.

I was going to get a photo to illustrate the first answer, but after seeing a few that Flickr had to offer, I decided to skip it…
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