Apologies, my italics tags were gobbled up. Please read the words with i in parentheses as words in italics:

Valentine's Day in Japan is very different: (i)women(/i) give (i)men(/i) chocolates.

-but-

I went out with my co-workers last night and I am STILL DRUNK.

-note the overlap-

In Japan, people are (i)very(/i) generous and kind.

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In Japan, people are VERY generous and kind.

Thanks for writing interesting and thoughtful posts instead of useless crap that's annoying, trite, or dull, Rands.