🍫Types of Valentine’s Chocolates in Japan💝

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Since the words shown here are purely invented in Japan, most words might not really sound English, but hope you enjoy feeling and knowing our cultures! 😆
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❤️本命チョコ (hońmèì chòko): True Love Chocolate
.... 🚺 From a female → 🚹 to the most favourite male whom she hopes to have a relationship with. { 本(hòn/mòto): book, true, real + 命(mèi/ìnochi): soul, life }

💚義理チョコ (girì chòkò): Thankful Chocolate
... 🚺 From a female → 🚹 to some males with gratitudes for being kind and helpful(, not as special as 本命チョコ). { 義(gi/yòshi): correct, non-relative + 理(ri/kotòwàrì): surface, arrangement }

💛友チョコ (tomò chòkò): Friend Chocolate
...🚺From a female → 🚺 to her female friends.

💕ファミチョコ(famì chòkò): Family Chocolate
... 🚺From a female → 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 to her family members.

💙逆チョコ(gyak(ù) chòkò): Opposite Chocolate
... 🚹 From a male → 🚺 to a female (with some feelings?!)

🧡世話チョコ(sewà chòkò): Caring Chocolate
... 🚺 From a female → 🚹 to those males who supported them a lot { 世(se/sei/yo): generations + 話(wa/hanà(su) ): speaking, story } *Similar to 義理チョコ(giri choko).

🤍マイチョコ(maì chòkò): My Chocolate
...🚺 From myself → 🚺 to myself. (Often for females)

🖤俺チョコ(orè chòkò): My Chocolate (for men)
... 🚹 From myself (as a male) → 🚹 to myself.

💜ホモチョコ(homò chòkò): Gay Chocolate
... 🚹 From a male → 🚹 to his male friends (even without love feelings! or with also😁)

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💝Example💝
今年こそは本命チョコ貰えるかな？
(kotòshì kòso wa hońmèì chòko moràèrù kanà?)
: (I) wonder (rather “wish”) if (I’d) finally receive a True Love Chocolate this year?
...今年(kotòshì): this year
...こそ(kòso): an emphasise on a noun right before
...チョコ(chòko): abbreviation of チョコレート(chokòrèeto): chocolate
...貰える(morà èrù): potential form of 貰う(morà ù): to receive, get
...かな(kanà): ending words for an expectation or a prediction.
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Wish you all a Happy Valentine’s Day! 🥰

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