Today is my Kouhai (= Junior)'s wedding party.
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Today is my Kouhai's wedding party.
*"Kouhai" means one's younger friends, mates, or colleagues in Japanese.
It's one of the Japanese customs to call younger people as "Kouhai".
Off course, we always call their name when we meet them.
The opposite word of "Kouhai" is "Senpai" which means senior, elder people for me.
I'm going to join his wedding party from 5:30 PM.
It's not wedding ceremony, but just a party.
There're some differences between wedding ceremony and wedding party.
Wedding ceremony is formal event in Japan, so we dress up formal wear and new married couples invite our family, close relatives, friends, colleagues and so on.
*Especially, I think it's an interesting custom to present some money for a new married couple instead of gifts. We generally present "Thirty thousand Yen" in our friend's ceremony, it's not cheap for younger people.
Wedding party is informal event after wedding ceremony, so new married couples invite friends and colleagues. We generally enjoy doing somethings - talking with new married couple and friends, drinking alcoholic drinks, playng quize and bingo, watching videos for new couples.
If we'd like to invite many friends and colleagues, we hold wedding party besides wedding ceremony, because capacity of ceremony is limited.
My purpose of joining my Kouhai's wedding party is celebrating new married couple, but it's not only one.
Meeting with my friends that I've never seen long time. It's also important purpose.
I'm looking forward to seeing new married couple - Kouhai and his wife - and my friends in my universityhood.
*"Kouhai" means one's younger friends, mates, or colleagues in Japanese.
It's one of the Japanese customs to call younger people as "Kouhai".
Off course, we always call their name when we meet them.
The opposite word of "Kouhai" is "Senpai" which means senior, elder people for me.
I'm going to join his wedding party from 5:30 PM.
It's not wedding ceremony, but just a party.
There're some differences between wedding ceremony and wedding party.
Wedding ceremony is formal event in Japan, so we dress up formal wear and new married couples invite our family, close relatives, friends, colleagues and so on.
*Especially, I think it's an interesting custom to present some money for a new married couple instead of gifts. We generally present "Thirty thousand Yen" in our friend's ceremony, it's not cheap for younger people.
Wedding party is informal event after wedding ceremony, so new married couples invite friends and colleagues. We generally enjoy doing somethings - talking with new married couple and friends, drinking alcoholic drinks, playng quize and bingo, watching videos for new couples.
If we'd like to invite many friends and colleagues, we hold wedding party besides wedding ceremony, because capacity of ceremony is limited.
My purpose of joining my Kouhai's wedding party is celebrating new married couple, but it's not only one.
Meeting with my friends that I've never seen long time. It's also important purpose.
I'm looking forward to seeing new married couple - Kouhai and his wife - and my friends in my universityhood.
Today is my Kouhai (= Junior's) wedding party.
It is a Japanese custom to call younger people as "Kouhai".
Of course, we always call them by name when we meet them.
The opposite word of "Kouhai" is "Senpai" which means senior, or those older than you.
I'm going to go to his wedding party at 5:30 PM. (This sounds a bit more natural to me.)
It's not a wedding ceremony, but just a party.
There are some differences between wedding ceremonies and wedding parties.
A wedding ceremony is a formal event in Japan, so we dress up in formal wear and new married couples invite their family, close relatives, friends, colleagues and so on.
Especially, I think it's an interesting custom to present some money for a new married couple instead of gifts (or: "I think giving money to a new married couple instead of gifts is an especially interesting custom.")
We generally give thirty thousand yen to our friends for their ceremony. This is not cheap for younger people.
A wedding party is an informal event after the wedding ceremony, so new married couples invite friends and colleagues.
We generally enjoy doing things like/such as talking with the new married couple and friends, drinking alcoholic drinks, playing quiz and bingo and watching videos for new couples.
When we would like to invite many friends and colleagues, we hold a wedding party apart from the wedding ceremony, because the capacity of the ceremony is limited/the number of people that can attend the ceremony is limited.
One reason I am going to my Kouhai's wedding party is to celebrate the new married couple, but that's not the only one.
I also want to see friends that I haven't seen in a long time.
This is also an important reason.
I'm looking forward to seeing the new married couple - my Kouhai and his wife - and my friends from university/university friends.
I hope you enjoy yourself at the wedding!
Yes, I mean that Japanese wedding have a reception after the formal ceremony.