Japan Google Popular Searches
I came across an interesting picture showing a comparison of searches in Japanese on Google for "husband" and "wife". It looks like the women who I assume are searching for "husband" related topics are experiencing some dark times, while the husbands searching for "wife" related topics are still up beat about things.
Here are some rough translations of what's hot.
Searching under "husband"
- husband, I want him to die
- husband, I hate him
- husband, allowance, average
- husband, verbal violence
- husband, allowance
- husband, how to call (his name)
- husband, dead, procedures
- husband, depression
- husband, out of work
- husband, dead, pension
Doesn't sound like the wives are that keen on having the husbands around. Either they are searching for ways to have them dead or looking over procedures for what to do after they have died. Life is tough!
Searching under "wife"
- wife, birthday present
- wife, birthday present ranking
- wife, present
- wife, hysteria
- wife, how to call (her name)
- wife, depression
- wife, present ranking
- wife, documents not received
- wife, shochu (sake)
Both lists have the word うつ meaning depressed or depression in them. Looks like a growing trend in Japanese society at the moment.
The English equivalents I got on my own computer were a little more bright.
and some results from the UK thanks to katiemuffett
What do the searches look like where you live? What would your top search be for one of these phrases?
9 comments
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sorvani
Well wife swap is the name of a tv show here, so that will skew the ratings as people search for that. It went up a lot after the "baloon boy" hoax because those parents had been on that TV show.
sorvani
oh, I had read about this yesterday because Mari had posted it on her blog Watashi to Tokyo (smt.blogs.com). Looks like she linked it from a livedoor blog. interesting to compare the US results though.
Neksus
Wife swap... gross :) Times aren't funny in Europe, Japan hasn't been exempted.
katiemuffett
Ouch, not a lot of communication going on in Japanese couples. Those kinds of problems are why you have a partner: they're there to work these things out with you. Maybe some Japanese psychologist will see this post and make a killing at marriage counselling? The UK is very typically odd and joke-related in these searches. "husband/wife jokes"..."husband obedience trials"..."wife beater"...and the worryingly WTF "wifesnap" http://katiesjapanfiles.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/googlesearches.png (sorry for the crappy pasting, this Mac only has Gimp)
shibuya246
Thanks for that info. I have just updated the post and included your piece in it. :)
katiemuffett
Cheers! I do sometimes find the most disturbing insights into other people's minds on Google search - one beginning with "how long after..." at one point came up with "...taking cocaine will it be out of my system". Uhhhh, I only wanted to know how long I had to wait between doses of Night Nurse cold medicine.
shibuya246
LOL. way too much info ;)
shibuya246
very true :)
shibuya246
Some of the game shows in Japan are wacky enough without wife swapping as well. From the search results, sounds more like "husband swatting" might be in ;)