Himono Onna (干物女): Dried-Fish Woman and Other Weird Terms
30. Dried-fish woman [himono onna - 干物女]: Himono onna (”dried-fish woman”) is an expression used in the movie Hotaru No Hikari to describe the main character, a woman in her 20s who has renounced the pursuit of romance. She spends her evenings reading manga and drinking at home alone, and she spends her weekends lazing around in bed. She’s a dried-fish woman.
This is just 1 of 60 new buzzwords to have come up in 2007 in Japan. Following fads, fashion, sports, politics, and ladies, these new words are being ranked to see which are the top 10 buzzwords for the year. Some are funny like Disguised beef [gisou shokuniku] or Dark website [yami site - 闇サイト]. What is your favorite term?
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December 24, 2007 at 10:34 am
[...] in a shot? I usually cannot last more than 2. I’m a match to all the characteristic of Himono-onna. YABEI~~~~ ;_;. well I’m in love with Takano (Fujiki Naohito), but that’s out of the [...]
February 7, 2008 at 12:35 am
[...] Why? She claims it’s because we were himono onna. I never heard of the term before so she showed it to me: 30. Dried-fish woman [himono onna - 干物女]: Himono onna (”dried-fish woman”) is [...]