How to spot a dried-up woman in Japan
An interesting recent ranking survey from goo Ranking looked at the phenomenon of himono-onna, or woman who while young has abandoned love, to quote the dictionary.
Demographics
Over the 23rd and 24th of August 2010 1,127 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.3% of the sample were female, 11.7% in their teens, 16.5% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.2% in their forties, 10.9% in their fifties, and 8.7% 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.
The picture above is from a recent television drama, Hotaru no Hikari, where the lead character is the said dried-up woman type. The Japanese text says “A dried-up woman is someone who eats straight out of the pan.”
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