Learn Japanese: Valentine's Day in Japan

[Miaraification]

lol sounds like give me choco and homemade choco

[deinielou]

I don't get the little characters, how come there's no english translations to the words?

[SkayaEsther3714]

I love Japanese!!! Thankxxxxx

[Madmariofan]

Lol, I've been studying these videos for a week now. I'm not getting anywhere, my grandma wants me to go with her to Japan this year, well Okinawa, for the reunion this year. I need to take classes asap. I like being part Japanese, it's interesting. :D

[RosetteandChrono]

So.. would gay couples just pick a day then?

If two girls wanted to celebrate these holidays, I guess the more feminine would give chocolate to the stud on St. Valentines day, and would later receive a white day present? Which I've understood before, that the present should be white.. is that true? What's the thing with White ribbons as gifts on white day?

I guess there's no specific rules for gay couples, I was just wondering what was common. Thank you ^_^ <3

[animefanaticgirl1]

isn't valentines day in japan called St. Xocolatls day or something?

[ImaPSPcat]

Niiice!

[SOLdealemana]

gidi choco

[guitarlover1239]

REVENGE OF THE LADIES

[beyb7]

OMG!!!!!! I LOVE JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hieibotan55]

'Confessing their love to some guy' lol!

[52JY]

honmei = heartfelt

giri = obligatory

[uzerofutube]

Anyone's birthday's on Valentine?

I wonder if birthday guys get chocolate on Valentine anyway even if no girls love them?

[brokenbloodedwings]

LOOOOL!!!! xDDD

[oOMuzicBoxOo]

Wait so it's "Homemade Choco"? Wow that pretty sweet, lol, Misleading and disapointing, but sweet XD

[elphau]

hahaha... i like your interpretation... literally it doesnt mean homemade... but after u pointing out, it does sound like "homemade"

[Libertine087]

@elphau i thought it's homemade, too! xD

[xCurryPandax]

@oOMuzicBoxOo They do actually do homemade chocolate. ive read plenty of shoujo manga (high school romance) and the 'heartfelt' chocolate is more fulloflove when its handmade.

[oOMuzicBoxOo]

Learn more about Valentine day and Easter and you'll learn it came before "Christianity", Valentines Day started in Rome and the Orthodox Church took it and twisted it [As usual].

Easter also started in Rome, the bunny was a symbol of , well, reproducing and there you go, a holiday celebrating births and can you guess what happened next? The Orthodox church took that again and twisted it...... again. You'll be surprised at how badly Catholics/ Christians rip people off.

[kimisazuki]

Valentine, who was a priest, believed that people needed to get married.

He thought that if they were not married, they would be tempted to sin by

living together without being married. So he secretly and illegally married

couples anyway! He performed the weddings in secret places, so the

Roman soldiers would not find out. Then he was beheaded when the Roman's found out. He died for his beliefs, Remember your Valentine. <3

[greatdayforawalk]

Actually, St Valentine lived in a time and place where marriage was illegal, because the ruler wanted a bigger army and he found out that men with families were lass likely to join the army. St Valentine (being a priest) married people in secret. Eventually, he was found out and executed.

[kimisazuki]

essentially what I said with the concentration on the fact that the reason he felt the men needed to be married is to stay away from sin...but essentially its the same thing- I just did not go into detail because of lack of room. Thanks

[TheVampireLucinda]

Haha, late reply, I know, but, actually, you're quite wrong. The Easter holiday predates the Roman Empires, and originates in Ancient Israel. As for Valentine's Day...Well, as someone pointed out, it is named after St. Valentine...who most definitely falls within the realm of the Orthodox Church.

Please don't make generalizations, especially if your information is completely incorrect. Thank you.

Anyway, onto Valentine's Day...The idea of White Day is very appealing... <3

[TDILINDSAYFAN]

origoto!!

[ilovemokona2]

in japan that day is the date when the girls declare the war and fight for their lovers^^

chocolate is the' massive destructive weapon' to capture the boy's heart^^

[DestinationShadows]

whats the romanji for 0:41 and 0:56. I can't read the Kanji,

[thejapanshop]

giri choko - obligatory chocolates

honmei choko - heartfelt chocolates

[DestinationShadows]

Thank you so much

[Hosislo]

wait a sec... so that japanese people confesses be4 dating and not oposite is not a myth or?

[nmaster13]

are you serious?

[SailorBarsoom]

Another advantage is that sometimes guys forget to do something for Valentine's Day. I don't know why we do this, but sometimes we do.

I'm considered a pretty romantic guy, but guess what? Yep, I forgot this year. White Day gives me a chance to make it up.

[unixjpn]

In reality, Japanese valentine's day is a marketing day for stores and department stores to make a huge profit. They sale box of chocolate for over 100 bucks in Yen.

A girl gives a man a box of chocolate, and white day which never existed yet for another marketing event for the men as a return service to the female who gave you a box of chocolates on valentines day, white days is march 14th.

[LHSFrosstiMomo]

dude imma have my boyfriend and all my friends celibrate this with me!

[dkdkdawn]

Mmmm If I was on Japane In march 14th I would be fat!! hahaha lol n_n

[GgPoulain]

Very interesting... And made me laugh XD

5/5

[cute2neko]

cool giri choko home choko i did like it if guys go first than us that way we wouldn't have to feel like they're giving us the choko giri instead they'll do it home choko

xD maybe not hahaha

[parsnip02]

wow. i learnt somate new n i also liked the cartoons!

[Glavenopolis]

How very romantic, obligatory chocolates lol.

Nice vid, I have learned something new today!

[thatonegirludontknow]

Wow, for the -Heartfelt Chocolate- it sounds like she's saying -Homemade Choco-. xD

[Avalano]

She is, Women will buy chocolat and melt it and make something out of it, might make it creamier or darker and mold it. Homemade choco

[suki251]

shes actually saying 'honmei'(本命). it means 'genuine thing' in japanese, not homemade.

[SharinganShadower]

On Valentines, the female will give chocolate to the male she's infatuated with and as for White Day, the male is expected to return her feelings by giving her gifts. There is also an expectation on the male to give gifts that are more expensive than what he received on Valentine's.

[RevolvingDork]

I hope some of this can stick with me.

I think I like your other videos, where you have the words written down as you say them in Japanese, better.

But neat video, nonetheless.

[darkangelsheka]

so you mean that females gives chocolate to the male to show that she loves him.

and for white day mean female get revenge on the male even if he bring marshmelow for the female........................­................okay i am still kinda confuse on the white day.

[tofarinthecloset]

White Day is my birfday. <3

[DCYBER01]

lol birfday! i love that ima start saying that haha

[goplayer90]

very kool.

[thejapanshop]

Thanks!

[thinks1306]

That was hilarious it seem so DRAMATIC!!

[thejapanshop]

Thanks. It is a very serious matter.

[jan3019]

hahaha wow! thats cool! lol

[zoronotzolo]

reveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenge..­.

[nolomaru]

super!

nice reference on valentine day

thanks ;)

[PrinceOfBabylon]

What about for gay people?

[Callum027]

Lol! :P

[LadyAlyss]

maybe they both give something on either valentines day or white's day...?

[tinyke3]

White day ? XD

YAY ! -cheers for White day-

REVENGEE x33;;

[MagnaVox34]

*kiss*

[VTPPGLVR]

X-D i learned about Valentine's Day and White Day in a manga called "XXHolic"

Whew, that girl was ticked when they didn't realize the chocolates were an early Vday present!!!

I actually taught some guys in line at Walgreen's about this, and they thought it was a cool concept!

[amareenaAli]

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