do you know what is himono onna?
it is actually japanese words stand for >>> dried fish woman. haha :D
onna （女 おんな）means woman.
Himono (干物 ひもの）means any kind of dried food, but it usually means a dried or semi-dried fish. Himono are often eaten for breakfast, and are a popular breakfast item at traditional inns.
Here's a grilled horse mackerel or aji (鯵 あじ）himono.
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So, what is a himono onna or dried-fish woman?
It means an unmarried woman,
usually in her late 29s to 30s or older,
who has given up on love and sex, and is content - or resigned to - live on her own.
A himono onna generally regards all that lovey-romantic stuff as too much of a bother, or mendokusai （面倒臭い めんどくさい). In fact, mendokusai is her first motivation, or un-motivation, for everything.
She's stopped trying to impress the opposite sex,
doesn't bother dressing attractively
and goes around in the most comfortable clothes possible,
including going sans bra or no-bura (ノーブラ).
She may also stop paying too much attention to things like personal hygiene, or at least stop bothering with makeup, going more than once or twice a year to the hairdresser, doing her nails, and things like that, except when she goes to work. Anticipating the possibility that she will have no children to take care of her in her old age, she may be saving up a lot of her money, buying her own apartment or house (until recently it was practically unheard of for a single woman to buy her own place) - or she may be spending money on herself at will.
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According the the Japanese Wikipedia entry on himono onna, she may also:
Be very late replying to emails, because it's too much of a bother (mendokusai).
Eat snacks and simple meals standing up at the kitchen sink
If she forgets something in her house after she's put her shoes on (remember that in Japan, one always removes ones shoes when entering the house) she may go and get it on her knees, shoes in the air
Stop plucking, waxing or shaving her body hair during the winter
Is not afraid of going to a traditional pub or izakaya (居酒屋 izakaya) on her own
Has stopped having 'heart-quickening moments'
(i.e., romantic moments or getting excited about anything)
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besides that, there is also a club in facebook for himono onna. :D
hahaa i think this group is just for fun n nothing else..
cz actually, this himono onna came from a japanese drama call HOTARU NO HIKARI.
this drama is super cool n fun to watch..haha n the heroin in this drama called herself 'himono onna' :D
