1. Valentine’s Day

2. February 14 th ２月１４日

3.  Usually girls give chocolate to boys.  Handmade or from store  It’s a special day for the girls to ask boys out and tell their feelings to them.  If a girl has a boyfriend, she would give it to him first.

4.  A Japanese chocolate manufacturer started a marketing promotion in 1958.  They promoted Valentine’s Day as “the day women confess their love to men by giving them chocolate.”

5.  What’s giri-choco? - giri-choco is chocolate you give to people you have appreciation (sometimes obligation) towards to. You give them to teachers, guy friends and your boss.

6.  What’s tomo-choco? - chocolate the you give to your friends! - mainly actions for girls. The more friends you have, the more chocolate you have to make!

7.  What’s is gyaku-choco? - gyaku-choco is when a guy gives chocolate to a girl.

8.  ぎりぎりチョコ is chocolate bought in the last minute. We can assume that the person buying the chocolate does not care for that person.  ぎりぎり = just before the deadline  ぎり = obligation We looked up this new word from the Internet. This is unconfirmed information!

11. White day! 3/14  It’s an opposite day where the boys are the main major role of the day.  The boys give candy or cookies to the girls in return from Valentine’s day.

13. 日本アメリカ  Girls to boys  Chocolate  ぎりチョコ  ともチョコ  No delivery system  $5 to $100  ホワイトデー  Boys to girls  Flowers, candy, etc.  No ぎりチョコ  ともチョコ  Delivery systems  $10 to $X  No ホワイトデー