The Physical Appearance of Japanese People

JAPANese Notes | 日本人の容姿

The Physical Appearance of Japanese People

The average height and weight of a 20-year-old Japanese man is 173.2 centimeters and 64.6 kilograms, and for women 156.4 centimeters and 50 kilograms. Japanese people are for the most part racially homogeneous, with few individual physical differences between them. Their skin color is classified as being yellow. Hair is generally black, though many young women dye theirs brown. Eye color is generally considered to be black, though this is often described as brown in English. Westerners often think Japanese people appear younger than their real age. There is not much difference in body shape between middle aged and younger Japanese people.

日本人にほんじん
nihonnjinn no
Japanese
20歳にじゅっさい
nijussai no
(a) twenty-year-old
平均へいきん
heikinn
(the) average
身長しんちょう
shinnchou
height
to
and
体重たいじゅう
taijuu ha
weight (of)
男性だんせい
dannsei
man
173.2ひゃくななじゅうさんてんにセンチせんち
hyaku nanajuu sann tenn ni senchi,
one hundred seventy-three point two centimeters
64.6ろくじゅうよんてんろっキロきろ
rokujuu yonn tenn rokkiro
(and) sixty-four point six kilograms
で、
de,
is and
女性じょせい
josei ha
for women
156.4ひゃくごじゅうろくてんよんセンチせんち
hyaku gojuu roku tenn yonn senchi,
one hundred fifty six point four centimeters
50ごじゅっキロきろ
gojukkiro
(and) fifty kilograms
です。
desu.
[are]
日本人にほんじん
nihonnjinn ha
Japanese people
ほぼ
hobo
the most part
単一民族たんいつみんぞく
tannitsu’minnzoku
racially homogeneous
で、
de,
are with
身体的しんたいてき個人差こじんさはあまりみられません。
shinntaitekina kojinn sa ha amari mirare masenn.
few physical individual differences (between them)
はだいろ
hada no iro ha
(their) skin color
黄色きいろ
kiiro
being yellow
ni
as
分類ぶんるいされます。
bunnrui sare masu.
is classified
かみ
kami ha
hair
くろ
kuro
(generally) black
です
desu
is
が、
ga,
though
おおくの
ooku no
many
わか
wakai
young
女性じょせい
josei ha
women
茶色ちゃいろ
chairo ni
brown
めています。
somete i masu.
dye (theirs)
me ha
eye color
一般的いっぱんてき
ippannteki ni
generally
くろ
kuro
to be black
とされます
to sare masu
is considered
が、
ga,
though
英語えいご
eigo
English
では
deha
in
ブラウンぶらうん
buraunn
brown
to
as
表記ひょうきされることが
hyouki sareru koto ga
described
おお
ooi
often
です。
desu.
(this) is
欧米人おうべいじんからは、
oubeijinn kara ha,
Westerners
日本人にほんじん
nihonnjinn ha
Japanese people
実際じっさい
jissai no
real
年齢ねんれい
nennrei
(their) age
より
yori
than
わか
wakaku
younger
られがちです。
mirare gachi desu.
appear often think
わかくても
wakaku temo
younger (Japanese people) and
中年ちゅうねん
chuunenn
middle aged
になっても
ni natte mo
between
日本人にほんじん
nihonnjinn no
Japanese people
体形たいけい
taikei ha
in body shape
あまり
amari
much
わりません。
kawari masenn.
difference there is not

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