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- English · derived fromwhite day
- Japanese · calque ofホワイトデー
- English todayWhite Day
Calque of Japanese ホワイトデー (Howaito Dē), itself from English white day.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
White Day
Today it means: 14 March (one month after Valentine's Day), marked in Japan and some other Asian countries by men giving gifts (traditionally white in color) to the women who gave gifts to them on Valentine's Day. Full definition →
Japanese ホワイトデー ← English white day