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The term for flirting in Japanese is called "nanpa" or "nampa", although there is a negative connotation surrounding this word, as it generally means "girl hunting". Unlike the English equivalent, nanpa is strict a guy's act; in the other case when a girl does nanpa, it's called gyakunan, or reverse nanpa.

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  • "girls never reject you directly" catching the next flight to japan :D

  • Respectfully, this is video is not about how to flirt in Japanese... This video is more about vocabulary.

    If I may offer some friendly tips on what you need to know about flirting with a Japanese girl:

    1. Have a job

    2. Have a car

    3. Keep your extensive manga collection a secret

    4. Do not try and impress her with your deep knowledge of anime titles and story lines

    5. Unlike American girls, being polite, respectful and funny will get you farther than being playfully sarcastic and funny.

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  • ナンバ = girl hunting thanks.......lol

  • ガソパイ

  • lol at that hella awkward moment at the end

  • This seemed to be a.... very awkward conversation.

  • noisy rustling of clothes

  • As much as i'd like that kind of GF, (relationship-wise anyway) I am unsure of my orientation as sometimes i feel quite asexual? But im still straight? If that makes sense...

  • Having hair probably helps.

  • @AnotherAccount5 Don't listen to this video, it doesn't reflect the real life, people say their cute to each other all the time, it's not a flirting only thing, such videos infuriates me seriously, you can't summarize life in a few minutes.

    Judging by what is said in this video a "flirting" conversation would be...

    Stopping a random girl or guy on the street, you say, kawaii, she says kakkoii, you say asobi ni iku, she says un, dou shimasho, hello, this is not real life, it's a video game ...

  • @markshiftplusone So I need a car to get a girlfriend ? Then I'll be single for the rest of my life because I don't have a car nor do I want one, ever.

    Hmm I should buy one and just to say have one ?

    Of course I'm kidding, I just wanna show you how redundant your comment is.

    My tip for everyone, be yourself, life is not black and white there aren't rules for flirting, or dating, you don't even have to flirt in the firstplace, just be yourself and stop listening to such videos/comments.

  • Holy crap why didn't I watch this earlier!!? Before saying to my friend that he's kawaii >.<

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