A little snack?
Category: Japanese language
02/07/2007
In Japan, the word "snack" has two distinct meanings, so if you go to Japan and are being offered to have a snack, make sure you clearly understand which kind of snack it is before accepting...
Here's the first kind of snack, by the way it is written on the sign at the top right (スナック):

But it has another meaning...In fact, when I was in Nagasaki, I walked downtown at night and ended up in a nice area, with lots of small streets filled with restaurants. But there was something weird...and after a while, I realized that I was in the hostess bar area! It's less noticeable than in other countries but when I noticed, it suddenly became obvious. Then about 5 minutes later, a guy came to me and offered me to get "something" cheap at a nearby bar. However I couldn't understand what he meant by "something", because of his typical (that is absolutely terrible) English pronunciation. So after I had him repeat like six times, I finally understood that the mystery word was "blowjob". So I answered ありがとう。。。でも結構です (arigatou...demo kekkou desu, a standard way to say "thank you...but I'm fine").
However the guy was nice so we talked and he explained to me that in Japan, hostess bars are called snacks. So if you go to Japan and see that kind of sign (this one is called "Honey night"...) :

Then you're in front of a hostess bar. So, how about a little snack ?...
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