Page 491 - Basic Japanese
P. 491
uranai fortune-telling
CULTURE NOTE Blood Types and Personality
Many Japanese believe in the correlation between a
person’s blood type and and his or her personality. Tons
of books on blood-type-based fortune-telling have been
published during the past several decades. When they
meet new people, Japanese often try to guess each
other’s blood type as they get to know each other, and
eventually they will discuss their surmises and their
actual blood types: “I thought your blood type was A,”
“You are a typical B-type person,” etc. Here are
examples of commonly held views:
Type A: careful, organized, shy
Type B: unique, creative, independent
