Today's video is gonna be a little more relaxed

今日は動画はいつもよりちょっとカジュアルな感じになると思います

I kinda feel like it's going back to my old style of video

昔の動画みたいに

If you've been following me since the beginning

何年前からフォローしてくれてる方はわかると思うけど

You know I used to make really random videos

結構テキトーに動画を作ってましたw

about products that I thought were funny or interesting

スーパーで見つけた面白いものを

that I just came across at the grocery store

紹介したりしました

and I kinda miss that style of video

時々またそういう動画作りたいな〜

Today I found something funny at the grocery store

今日はスーパーで見つけた面白い商品を紹介します！

It's almost Valentines Day - and Japan is obssesed with giving chocolate on Valentines Day

もうすぐバレンタインですが、日本ではチョコをプレゼントする人が多いと思います

It's the big thing here - people don't really give flowers or jewellry too much

花とか、アクセサリーとかより

It's really just chocolate, and you'll see it everywhere

なので、バレンタインデーに近づくと

The grocery stores are packed with special Valentines chocolate

スーパーにはいろんなバレンタインチョコが売ってます

Even in the stations there will be little stands everywhere where you can buy chocolate

駅にも！

So I was at the grocery store doing some shopping and came across these

先週スーパーで買い物してる時これを見つけました！

SUKKY POCKY

SUKKY POCKY!

And it took me way too long to figure out why the hell they say SUKKY on them

なんでSUKKYって書いてあるんだろうーと結構長く考えてましたw

If you speak Japanese you can probably figure it out if you think about it for a little while

日本語わかる人はわかるかな？

And at the bottom it says "anata ga suki desu"

下に「あなたが好きです」ってかいてあります

I like you, or I love you

英語ではI like you, I love youって意味です

Suki means like, but it means like-like not just regular like when you use it for a person

「好き」は人に対して使うと友達以上の意味になります

So yeah it's SUKI not SUKKY

なので、サッキーじゃなくてスッキーですねw

But when they write it like that without the Japanese characters and 2 Ks and a Y

でもアルファベットで書くと

I can only read this is SUCKY and I can't get over how funny it is

どうしてもサッキーって思っちゃうんですね

I just love this so much

なので、面白いと思いましたw

So yeah, they came out with these special edition Pocky

期間限定のポッキーです

Not only SUKKY POCKY, they came out with like 8 others I think

SUKKY POCKYだけじゃなくて、他にもいろんな種類あります

I got them all, I got all the ones they had at the store

スーパーにあったやつ全部買いました

So I have lots of Pocky to eat now

いっぱい食べなきゃねw

Let me show you the other ones

例えば〜

I thought these ones were really cute

あっこっちは可愛いと思いました

These are Papacky and Mamacky for your Dad and your Mom

お母さんとお父さんにPAPACKYとMAMACKY

I thought those were really adorable

可愛いでしょう

Too bad my parents aren't in Japan so I could give these to them

両親は日本にいないのは残念です(涙)

But isn't that cute?

でも可愛いね

At the bottom it says "papa arigatou" and "mama arigatou"

下に「パパありがとう」「ママありがとう」って書いてあります

Thanks Dad, Thanks Mom

Thanks Dad, Thanks Mom

They also have THANKY

THANKYもあります

For those people that you're not in love with but you wanna give them a little treat on Valentines Day

友達以上な関係ではないけどなんかあげたい人に

So this is kinda like a casual thing you can give them

これがいいですね

The bottom says "itsumo sankyuu desu"

下には「いつもサンキューです」って書いてあります

Sankyuu is another way to say thank you in Japanese, more casual

サンキューはもっとカジュアルな言い方です

than arigatou or arigatou gozaimasu, so you can use it with your friends

「ありがとう」や「ありがとうございます」よりね

Here's a very Japanese phrase that I can attempt to teach you guys

あっこのフレーズがとても日本っぽい

YOROCKY! If you speak Japanese you can probably figure this one out

YOROCKY! 意味わかるかな？

It says "yoroshiku onegai shimasu"

「よろしくお願いします」

Which is actually very hard to translate into English

英語にするのは非常に難しいですよw

It's not really a phrase that we have

英語で使わないフレーズなので

It has so many different meanings

いろんな意味あるしね

For example when you meet someone for the first time you'll say "hajimemashite"

例えば、初めて誰かに会う時「はじめまして」

"my name is Sharla, blah blah blah" and then at the end you'll say "yoroshiku onegai shimasu"

「私はシャーラです、よろしくお願いします」

Which is kinda like "from here on lets have a good relationship"

そういう時は「これからはいい関係作って行こうね」みたいな感じです

or something... it's honestly really hard to translate

かな？わぁー 難しいな

But it's just something like yeah let's get along, let's have a good relationship

「仲良くしよう」とかそういう感じかな？

Let's work together, or I'm looking forward to working with you

「一緒に頑張ろう」とかの意味もあるかな

That kinda thing

そういう感じです

You could give this one to your coworker or your friend

これは友達や同僚にあげればいいと思います

Anyone really, but I guess it has kinda like a "let's work together" feeling to it

まあ、誰でもオッケーだけどなんか「一緒に頑張ろう」見たいなフィーリングが入ってる気がします

probably would be best for a coworker or something like that

ので、やっぱり同僚がいいかな？

That's one thing that's very different about Valentines Day here in Japan

日本とカナダのバレンタインデーはそこが違います

You actually give chocolate to everyone you know

ここではいろんな人にチョコあげますよ

It's not just your bf or your gf

彼氏や彼女だけじゃなくて

Last Valentines Day I was working at a Japanese tech company

去年のバレンタインデーは日本のIT会社に働いてたんですけど

All my coworkers were Japanese people

同僚が全員日本人で

And all the men gave me chocolate, and it was really awkward

男の人からいっぱいチョコをもらって、ちょっと不思議な気持ちでした ^^;

Because in Canada we don't have the culture of giving presents to anyone other than your significant other

カナダだったら彼氏にしかあげないので

So that was just weird for me

ちょっとおかしく感じました

But in Japan it's expected here

でも日本では普通ですよ

If you don't get something for your coworkers you're kind of seen as like the office bitch

同僚にあげないとちょっと嫌な人に見えちゃうので

So you probably wanna do that

気をつけてねw

So you can get them something like this so you don't have to spend too much money on them

そういう時はこういうちょっとしたチョコでいいと思います

Actually one that would be really good for your coworkers would be this

あっこっちがいいかな？

GIRICKY - another very Japanese thing

GIRICKY

At the bottom it says "giri choko desu"

「義理チョコです」

Giri choko means "obligation chocolate"

英語ではobligation chocolateになるかな

So literally you're obligated to give this chocolate to them because it's Valentines Day

バレンタインなので、あげたくないけど何かあげなきゃって感じですねw

It's not that you have any feelings for them or anything, you just have to give them something... so

別にその人が好きって意味じゃないです

"Here you are." I don't know if I would be very thrilled to receive this

これをもらった人嬉しいのかな

But I guess it's better than nothing? I dunno, honestly not giving anything might be better

何ももらわない方がいいかもw

So giri chocolate is usually just like a small cheap chocolate

義理チョコはこういう小さくて安いチョコで

that you give to someone because you have to, not because you love them

好きな人にあげないです

On the other hand, honmei choko, or real feeling chocolate

もっと高くてオシャレなチョコは

would be something more expensive or fancy

本命チョコと言います

and that would be the type of chocolate you would give to your bf or gf

そっちは彼氏や彼女にあげるタイプです

Another one they have is GANBACKY

GANBACKYもあります！

It says "ganbatte kudasai"

「頑張ってください」

Which is, try your best! or good luck!

英語だと「try your best!」や「good luck!」

So you could give this to someone who has exams, or a sports competition or something like that

試験がある人とか、スポーツ試合がある人とかにいいですね

I like that one, I think that's cute

こっちも可愛いね

And that would be nice all year round, not just Valentines Day

バレンタイン以外な日でも使えそう

But I'm pretty sure these are just a Valentines Day special

でもこのポッキーはバレンタイン限定だと思います

So I think they're gonna stop selling them soon

そろそろなくなるのかな

Those are the Valentines Day special Pocky that I found at the store

はい、バレンタイン限定ポッキーでした

But yeah, this is just my favourite thing ever. Can we just all agree on that?

でもこのSUKKY POCKYが面白くて

Please don't ever get rid of these I friggen love these

たまんないw

On the back they have this cute little space where you can write a message

後ろにメッセージ書けるスペースもあります

I thought that was adorable

可愛いね

So yeah that's my Valentine's video for this year guys

今年のバレンタイン動画はポッキーでした！

If you're looking for something more useful

もっと役に立つ動画が見たかったら

I made a couple chocolate making videos over the years, I will link them up in the i button

(i)ボタンを押してください

thing on whichever side it is

どっちにあるんだっけ

So click that and you can see some other videos to watch!

それを押せば他のバレンタイン動画も見れます！

Hope you guys have a really awesome valentines day, and I'll see you soon! Bye!

では、いいバレンタインデーを❤︎　バイバイ！