Talking about Personality in Japanese In this podcast, Ami Sensei and I teach you how to describe people’s personalities in natural Japanese. Listen to the full podcast and the dialog only audio underneath. So we thought we would have look at how to discuss people’s personalities in this week’s podcast. However, instead of only teaching a list of phrases, we wanted to give some conversational examples of how you might talk about people’s characters. Talking about people’s personalities in Japanese In this podcast, Ami sensei and I talk about how to describe people’s personalities in Japanese and how to talk about your favorite “type” of person for dating and romance. The first two dialogs show you how you can talk about people’s ideal boyfriend of girlfriend in terms of their personality. Podcast Dialog 1.1 A: ねえ、どんな人がタイプなの？ Ne, donna hito ga taipu na no? Hey, what kind of person are you into? B: そうだね。やっぱり優しくて、気が利いて、陽気な人かな。 Sō da ne. Yappari yasashikute, ki ga kiite, yōki na hito kana. Let me see. Of course kind, thoughtful and outgoing. A: 本当？それだけ？ Hontō? Sore dake? Really? That’s it? B: え？どういう意味それ？ E? Dō iu imi sore? Eh? What do you mean by that? A: 今までの彼氏みんなイケメンだったし、本当は面食いなんでしょう？ Ima made no kareshi ikemen datta shi, hontō wa menkui nan deshō? All your boyfriends until now have been really good looking. You’re just into looks aren’t you? B: うるさいなぁ、もう！ Urusai na mō! Oh shut up!   Podcast Dialog 1.2 A: ねえ、どんな人がタイプなの？ Ne, donna hito ga taipu na no? Hey, what kind of person are you into? B: そうだね。やっぱり優しくて、気が利いて、陽気な人かな。 Sō da ne. Yappari yasashikute, ki ga kiite, yōki na hito kana. Let me see. Of course kind, thoughtful and outgoing. A: 本当？それだけ？ Hontō? Sore dake? Really? That’s it? B: え？どういう意味それ？ E? Dō iu imi sore? Eh? What do you mean by that? A: 今までの彼女みんな美形だったじゃん、本当は見た目重視なんでしょう。 Ima made no kanojō minna bikkei datta shi, hontō wa menkui nan deshō? All your girlfriends until now have been really good looking. You’re just into looks aren’t you?