Timeline for Are there words or concepts for ‘Real Chocolate,’ Obligatory Chocolate’ and ‘Reverse Chocolate’ for Valentine Day gift in English?
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| Feb 5, 2011 at 0:23 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | Thursday geek. In addition to Valentine Day, we have the White Day (set on March 14th every year); the day men would give a gift to women in tern of receiving a Valentine chocolate from them. I think it’s an annoying custom special to Japan. | |
| Feb 5, 2011 at 0:23 | comment | added | thursdaysgeek | I debated using the phrase "fall by the wayside" since you didn't appear to be a native English speaker, so I'm glad you found the meaning. I didn't know a better way to describe a custom that once was common but is no longer common. | |
| Feb 5, 2011 at 0:01 | vote | accept | Yoichi Oishi | ||
| Feb 4, 2011 at 23:56 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | thursdaysgeek. Segmentation of the chocolate by purpose for offering it as a gift seems to be a special habbit to Japan. By posting this 'Valentine chocolate' question, I was able to learn an idiom, 'Fall by wayside.' I will mind not to fall by the wayside in learnig English. Thanks for your quick input. | |
| Feb 4, 2011 at 23:33 | history | answered | thursdaysgeek | CC BY-SA 2.5 |