Published on 2025-07-20

Tchin tchin is not used in Japan

The word tchin tchin is used in Japanese with a very unexpected meaning during meals because it means penis. To toast in Japan, one uses instead the expression kanpaï which literally means empty your glass. This linguistic peculiarity often surprises French travelers ordering drinks in the Japanese archipelago.
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