Pera Pera Penguin 89.pdf

5-minute Japanese Class by Hitomi Hirayama

The other day, one of my friends asked me, "Pole- san wa - -gata ?" (Mr. Pole, are you

" - -gata ?"). I said "Yeah, as you can see, I've been worried about my weight lately." He said, "Oh

no! I'm not saying that your size is - -gata (big). I'm asking if your blood type is O ( - -gata ). A

person with that blood type is bighearted and realistic. Your blood type tells me about your

character." He then showed me a book on personality profiling by blood type. I was amazed that

Japanese people profile their character by their blood type.

Many Japanese people like blood-type profiling. People try to figure out your personality, not by

what you are but what your blood type is. They say, "Your blood type tells me so," and are complacent

in their judgment. But I think this leads to sterotyping people. Some companies are said to do their

recruitment partly based on blood-type profiling rather than on an applicant's ability. Although

conversation about blood types can be an icebreaker when you do not have much else to talk about,

blind acceptance of such profiling can be harmful.

血液型（Blood type)

ketsuekigata

Blood type profiling often exaggerates negative personalities.

Blood Type A : Obstinate person with rigid ideas

Blood Type B : Uncooperative and selfish, not suitable for groups

Blood Type O : Tends to be hasty, careless about details and unyielding

Blood Type AB : Eccentric, self-contradictory and hates interference

Enter the correct Japanese words in the squares.

A) Many small cars are more eco-friendly than big vehicles.

( 1 )

( 2 )

Major traits for the four main blood types are as follows:

Blood type A : A 型 ( - -gata)

methodical commonsensical cooperative careful

eco car wa yori no h - ga - i desu

big vehicles

small cars

Expressions that use 型

1) Size (small, medium, large)

B) The director presented a new film with full of unconventional ideas.

几帳面　常識人　協調性　慎重　　

kich - men j - shikijin ky - ch - s - shinch -

( 3 )

映画監督は　　　　　　　　　の新しい作品を発表した。

Blood type B : B 型 (b - -gata)

- ga kantoku wa no atarash - sakuhin o happy - shita

unconventional idea

e.g., small camera medium-sized dog major typhoon

小型カメラ　　中型犬　　　大型台風

selfish easygoing flexible inspirational

kogata- camera ch - gata-ken - gata-taif -

自己中心的　楽天的　柔軟な考え　ひらめき

C) Recently, many schools tend to reconsider their cookie-cutter way of education.

jiko-ch - shinteki rakutenteki j - nan na kangae hirameki

2) Characteristic and disposition

( 4 )

Blood type O : O 型 ( - -gata)

leadership sociable careless about details realistic

最近、学校では　　　　　　　　を見直す傾向にあります。

cookie-cutter way

of education

e.g., multifunctional early bird thin shape

saikin gakk - dewa o minaosu k - k - ni arimasu

多機能型　　　朝型　　　　薄型　　　

takin - -gata asa-gata usu-gata

親分肌　社交的　大雑把　現実的　

D) I can only come up with conventional ideas.

( 5 )

Blood type AB : AB 型 ( - b - -gata)

practical idealist calm " split " personality

「型にはまる」

..... Overly conventional, rigid (no individuality

and no originality)

どうしても　　　　　　　　　しか思い浮かばないです。

conventional ideas

kata ni hamaru

d - shitemo shika omoiukabanai desu

e.g., rigid way of thinking

合理的　　理想追求型　冷静　　　二重人格

g - riteki ris - -tsuiky - -gata r - s - nij - -jinkaku

型にはまった考え

E) I changed my lifestyle from a night person to a morning person.

kata ni hamatta kangae

( 6 )

( 7 )

生活スタイルを　　　　　から　　　　に変えました。

night person morning person

Almost all Japanese know

their own blood type.

Do you know yours?

ketsuekigata wa

nani-gata desu ka?

(What's your blood type?)

「型にはめる」

..... Force some into a mold (force something or

someone to believe a certain way or idea)

sekatsu style o kara ni kaemashita

kata ni hameru

e.g., cookie-cutter way of raising children

F) As this mobile phone is the latest model, it is quite popular.

型にはめた育て方

( ８ )

kata ni hameta sodatekata

kono k - tai-denwa wa de ninki ga arimasu

latest model

According to the Japanese Red

Cross Society, Japanese blood types are

are apportioned as follows:

Type A (about 40 percent),

Type O (about 30 percent),

Type B (about 20 percent)

and Type AB (about 10 percent).

　..... Unconventional (peculiar, eccentric)

katayaburi

e.g., unconventional way of life

Answers:

( 1 ) 大型車　　 ( 2 ) 小型車　　 ( 3 ) 型破りな発想 ( 4 ) 型にはめた教育　　　　

型破りな人生

- gatasha kogatasha katayaburi na hasso - kata ni hameta ky - iku

katayaburi na jins -

( 5 ) 型にはまった考え　　　　 ( 6 ) 夜型　　　　 ( 7 ) 朝型　　 ( 8 ) 最新型

kata ni hamatta kangae yoru-gata asa-gata 　　 saishin-gata

エコカー　より　　　　　の方が多いです。

oyabunhada shak - teki - zappa genjitsuteki

この携帯電話は　　　　　　　で人気があります。

「型破り」　

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