Today we have an interesting subject to talk about.

今天我們要談個有趣的話題

This is actually one of the biggest things I had a culture shock about

老實說這是我第一次到日本來時 所受到的最大的文化衝擊之一

when I first came to Japan.

老實說這是我第一次到日本來時 所受到的最大的文化衝擊之一

Was it that surprising?

有這麼令妳驚訝嗎 ?

Yes, because I'd never heard of it before I got here!

有！因為我在來這兒之前從來沒有聽說過

I don't know how I didn't know.

我不清楚自己怎麼會不知道

I watched so many YouTube videos about Japan before I came here.

我來這裡之前在YouTube上看過一大堆關於日本的影片

But apparently, something that's a really big thing here about attractiveness

但顯然在這裡，談到外表魅力，有一個因素非常重要

is the size of your face.

就是你臉的大小

Kogao (small face)

Kogao(小顏)

Or like the size of your head.

或者說你頭的大小

Yeah, they say face, but they're actually talking about the size of your head.

對，人們說臉，實際上指的是頭的大小

Japanese people will say, "Oh, you have such a small face!"

日本人會說「哇，妳的臉好小！」

which is a compliment.

這是讚美

It's really good here to have a small face, or a small head,

在這裡有張小臉，或者說小頭，很吃香

and it's not so good to have a- -Huge head. -...larger head.

大頭的話就不怎麼吃香

And that's a real thing. This a real, nationwide,

這是真的，全國通用

everyone-in-Japan-knows-about-it thing here.

在日本每個人都知道

This isn't one of those trendy "HURR JAPAN'S BEING SO WEIRD RIGHT NOW"

這不是時下流行的那種「『哇嗚日本超詭異的』 但實際上在日本只有少部分人在做」的事情之一

"But actually only a dozen people are doing it!" things.

這不是時下流行的那種「『哇嗚日本超詭異的』 但實際上在日本只有少部分人在做」的事情之一

Like whenever you go out shopping, you get comments like "KAO CHISSA!"

例如每次妳出門買東西，人家都說「KAO CHISSA !」

which means like "UAGHH HER FACE IS SO SMALL!"

對，意思是「哇妳的臉好小！」

You guys might be really confused. I'll try my best to explain it.

你們大家可能會覺得困惑，我會盡我所能試著解釋

In general, and I don't know how far this extends,

一般來說，我不知道這適用範圍到哪，

like I don't know if it's all East Asians,

我不知道是否東亞的情況都類似

but Japanese people tend to have larger sized heads

相較於西方人，日本人的頭佔身體的比例， 有比較大的趨勢

in proportion to the size of their body, compared to Westerners.

相較於西方人，日本人的頭佔身體的比例， 有比較大的趨勢

When I went to America, everyone seemed to have smaller faces.

嗯沒錯，我去美國時，感覺人們的臉似乎比較小

How do they measure it, though?

話說回來，他們是怎麼量的？

Well, I did look up some research on this.

好，我查了一些研究資料

Oh, you did?

噢妳有查

Of course I would look up research.

我當然會做點功課

But when you get on Google Scholar or Google and you start trying to look up

但當你用 Google Scholar 或 Google 試著查詢 不同人種間頭的尺寸大小的科學論文時

scientific articles on the size of heads compared to races,

但當你用 Google Scholar 或 Google 試著查詢 不同人種間頭的尺寸大小的科學論文時

you get a lot of people trying to prove that certain races have naturally higher IQs

你會發現很多人試圖證明某些特定人種的智商較高

than other races because they have larger brains and cranial capacities.

因為他們的大腦和顱內的空間比較大

Oh, because they have larger brains?

噢，因為他們有比較大顆的腦袋 ?

And I did not get a good feeling from those articles so I don't know if I trust them.

我讀那些文章時的感覺沒有太好， 所以我不確定是否要相信那些

I just kind of pushed them aside.

我就暫時將它們擱在一旁

But almost all of them did end up saying that East Asians had the largest head size.

不過他們在最後幾乎都會提到東亞人的頭的尺寸最大

Oh, really?

喔是嗎？

Yeah, they looked at cranial capacity, so I think that's like the

嗯，他們看的是顱內容量大小，我想那應該像是 你的頭內能夠容納大腦的所有空間

overall volume inside where you could have brain space.

嗯，他們看的是顱內容量大小，我想那應該像是 你的頭內能夠容納大腦的所有空間

And I have to warn our Japanese viewers watching this!

然後我得警告正在收看這部影片的日本朋友

Do NOT go to America and say, "Ugh I have such a big head."

不要跑去美國說「嘿我有大頭」 (I have such a big head.)

Because that has a completely different meaning!

因為這句話有完全不同的意思

We have nothing like this in America.

我們美國沒有類似的概念

If you're talking about the size of your "head", you're referring to something else.

你如果提起「頭」的大小，我們會以為你指的是其他頭

So don't talk about the size of your head in America.

所以，別在美國提你頭的大小

So I think the average was 57 centimeters.

(日本男性)平均好像是57cm

57 centimeters? Head size? Do you want me to measure your head?

57cm ? 頭圍 ? 你要我幫你量嗎 ?

We're gonna measure our heads.

我們要來量我們頭的大小

From here to here.

從這裡到這裡

You're 58cm.

你是58cm

Oh really? So it's a little above average.

喔是嗎？比平均稍微大一些

Yeah, you're 58.5 cm.

等等，喔沒錯，你是58.5

Okay. It's not like I'm 60cm.

可以接受，又不是說我有60cm

I'm sorry.

抱歉(笑)

So that's average Japanese?

所以這是日本人平均值嗎 ?

Male.

男性

Oh, average male Japanese head size. Yep, I looked it up. Yep.

噢，日本男性平均，頭的尺寸 ( Jun：嗯，我有查過。嗯沒錯。)

I'm sorry, Jun!

歹勢，Jun !

No, I'm not embarrassed at all. I don't care anymore.

我並不會覺得不好意思，我完全不在意

Did you care? Did you ever care?

你有在意過嗎 ? 曾經

No, not really.

沒

Until I met you.

直到我遇見妳

Really?

真的 ?

You have a freaking small head!

妳的臉超小

Okay, for female it's 54.5 cm.

OK，女性是54.5cm

53 maybe? [It was actually 52 cm]

53左右( *事實上是52cm) 53 ?

Yeah, it's tiny.

對，好小呀

So your head is... 5.5 cm bigger than you.

所以你的臉... 比妳的大5.5公分

You're just slightly above average, and I'm a little below average.

你比平均值大一點，而我稍微低於平均值

Yep.

嗯

But I'm also a lot taller than Japanese women.

不過我也比日本女性高很多

That makes it even worse.

這讓情況更加尷尬．．．

Can we compare our head sizes?

我們可以比一下頭的大小嗎 ?

Okay. Look into the camera. Okay. Let's compare.

「好啊」、「看鏡頭」、「好，來比吧」

You need to know how small your head is. It's freaking tiny.

妳需要瞭解一下自己的臉有多小，真的超級小

I know it's small...

我知道很小 ( Jun：天哪 ! )

It's tiny!

超小的

If I had a larger face, would you still have been attracted to me?

如果我的臉沒那麼小，你一樣會被我吸引嗎 ?

Yeah, I think so.

嗯，我覺得會。

Really?

真的 ?

Yep.

嗯

What if my face was like this?

那如果我的臉像這樣？

Are you indirectly offending me?

你在拐彎抹角捅我刀嗎？

That's my face size.

那就是我臉的大小

Okay, I won't do that, then.

OK，我不會再這麼做了

Okay well I don't care about your face size.

嗯，我不在乎你臉的大小

Okay. I'm glad.

OK，我很慶幸

I like you the way you are.

我喜歡你這個樣子

Thank you.

感恩

Some Japanese people who have the smaller, Western-sized heads,

有些臉比較小、接近西方尺寸的日本人

They're considered to have very attractive head sizes.

會被公認有一張大小完美的臉

Like an idol, celebrity, and model.

像是偶像、名人和模特兒

Yeah, people like that often tend to be like models or actors or actresses

沒錯，這些人通常會去做模特兒或男女演員

because they have such an attractive head size.

因為他們臉型大小完美

The first time I came to Japan, that's when I learned about this head size/face size thing.

我第一次到日本來的時候， 我就是在那個時候得知頭/臉大小的事

And at first I had no idea what they were talking about.

一開始我完全搞不清楚他們在說什麼

I couldn't tell that there was any difference.

我分不出來其中有什麼差別

But now that I've gotten used to it and I've seen it so much, I'm able to see the difference.

但現在我已經習慣也看過很多例子，可以分出差別

But I still don't care!

不過我還是不會在意這點

Because I wasn't raised in a society-

因為我不是在人們會談論你的臉型大小 的環境底下長大的 ( Jun：好羨慕啊X2 )

I'm jealous.

因為我不是在人們會談論你的臉型大小 的環境底下長大的 ( Jun：好羨慕啊X2 )

-where people talked about the size of your head.

因為我不是在人們會談論你的臉型大小 的環境底下長大的 ( Jun：好羨慕啊X2 )

I don't care.

我不在乎

I don't care, and I feel really uncomfortable when I take pictures with my Japanese friends here.

我不在乎 而且和日本朋友合照時有件事情令我很不自在

Because they'll look at the pictures afterward and they'll be like,

因為她們事後會檢查照片，說些類似 「阿好丟臉！我的臉好大」之類的話

"Oh, I'm so embarrassed! My head's so big!"

因為她們事後會檢查照片，說些類似 「阿好丟臉！我的臉好大」之類的話

And I'm like, "Don't be embarrassed! It's a nice picture! I'm happy to take a picture with you!"

然後我得有點表示「沒什麼好丟臉的， 照片拍得很好呀！我好開心我們能夠合照」

And they'll be like, "Oh your face is so small. I'm so embarrassed."

然後她們會說「噢妳的臉好小，我覺得好丟臉喔」

And I feel bad because they feel bad about it.

然後我很難過因為她們為此難過

But I don't care at all.

我並不在意啊，完全不在意

I want to explain this to our Japanese viewers

我想對收看影片的日本朋友解釋這點

because I don't think we have anything in America that you guys just never cared about.

由於我無法想到美國有什麼點是你們從來不曾在意的

So I've been thinking about how I could make Japanese people understand,

所以我一直在思考如何能讓日本的朋友瞭解

and I had to come up with a fake example.

於是我得用上一個假想的例子

So this is not a real thing in America.

所以這不是美國的實際情形

All right, let's hear you out.

好的，洗耳恭聽

But how I would compare the head size/face size thing in Japan would be

我會把日本這頭/臉大小的概念想成

is: if you went to America and found out there's this thing where

好比今天你去到美國發現

people with pointy elbows were really embarrassed about their elbows,

手肘形狀較尖的人會為此感到害羞

but people with SQUARE elbows... Those are attractive elbows.

而手肘形狀方正的人...方形是王道

And whenever you took a picture with your friends, the people with pointy elbows

大家都想要方形的手肘，沒人想要尖的 每次當你和朋友合照，尖手肘的人都會試著隱藏

would hide their elbows so they didn't show up in the picture.

不讓手肘出現在照片中

Or if they showed up in the picture, they'd be like,

或者一旦手肘出現在照片上，

"Oh, I'm so embarrassed about my pointy elbow!"

他們就說「噢我手肘好尖，真丟臉」

You wouldn't care at all!

你絕對不會在意這種事

You wouldn't care.

你不會在意的

And then if people were just constantly saying to you on the street,

而如果人們不斷在路上告訴你

"Ah! Your square elbows are soo attractive! Geez."

「噢，你的方肘實在太有魅力了，天哪」

Like how do you feel about that?

你感覺如何？

Like... thank you...? But... I don't know.

...謝、謝謝，不過我... 我不曉得耶

So if you're Japanese and you have a larger head,

因此如果你是日本人，而且有張大臉

you don't have to be embarrassed about it

你並不需要覺得丟臉

because when you meet a foreigner, they're probably not going to care at all.

因為當你遇到外國人，他們可能完完全全不會在意

It's probably not going to affect their attraction for you at all.

這點八成不會影響你對他們的吸引力，一點都不會

It's just not a thing.

它就不是重點啊

So today was a little cultural lesson on face here in Japan.

好了，今天的內容是一點關於日本臉型大小的文化

I hope you learned something!

希望你有點收穫

Thanks for watching! I'll see you guys later! Bye!

感謝收看，下次再見