• Rom [he/him]
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    edit-2
    2 days ago

    Nope, Japanese just borrows the word from English. She literally said "date."

    https://jisho.org/word/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88

      • Kumikommunism [they/them]
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        2 days ago

        I'm glad you found the original line. I was going to say that it's possible she used 付き合う, which is a bit more ambiguous, but yeah, デート is always romantic.

        • AernaLingus [any]
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          2 days ago

          I had the exact same thought which is why I went to track it down (wasn't clear from the top level post whether he had referenced the original dialogue)