If your Valentine's Day date says you’re しつこい, it means they just aren’t into you.
According to this stereotype, foreign guys are irresistible to Japanese women who are utterly incapable of distinguishing between suitable and unsuitable mates, happily dating losers that foreign women see right through.
As my first cautious dips into the dating world taught me, however, Japanese women have plenty of ways to deflate wannabe Charisma Men themselves.
Usingしつこい to describe persistenceOverly enthusiastic daters may hear the word しつこい (persistent), for example.
Japanese can be a vague language and not all words in dating are clearly defined.