Start going down that road and next thing you know both of you are scratching parts of your anatomy for no understandable reason.

Re Markystar: “If JPod had this kind of club, who would you talk to?”

I would talk to the two handsome guys and the beautiful Japanese girl at JP101 crew and staff.

Yoshi-san, Nathan-san and Miki-san! S_R_C

I felt quite sorry for the women; they seemed to be under the illusion that the hosts genuinely liked them and were somehow different from the inadequate or callous men that they had encountered in previous relationships, regardless of the fact that they’re paid to act that way. The hosts can also decide to take the woman home if they like her. It’s basically a more complicated, emotionally involved (women, huh?) form of prostitution, that leads the women on for the sake of profits.

The worst thing was that most of the girls were quite cute, no Rosie O’Donnells in sight. If they’re having to pay for this sort of thing then it’s no wonder the whole birth crisis issue is such a problem.

Annnnyway, if there was a JPod bar, since Sakura’s married *cough*, I think I’d talk to Natsuko cuz I’ve heard her in so many lessons it’d be cool to see if she’s that nice in person

Also, remember, people go to this kind of club for social opportunities. They wanna talk to someone who is nice to them.

If JPod had this kind of club, who would you talk to?

Since I’ve been behind, can anyone tell me what happened to Takase? She was really funny but I’m guessing she isn’t around anymore like Yosh-man and Chigusa?

In regard to digitaljo’s last question, I’ve seen (on TV) host bars, with female hosts that’re packed with hormones til they can grow beards, that cater to women too shy to talk to men. Not sure if these are the kind of hosts you’re after but thought I’d throw it in there.

>The line is ホストとはわかれるんでしょ。
>1) Is the “wa” in “hosuto to wa” the particle は?

Yes, it is. But this は is not a topic marker. It’s a contrastive element.
ホストとはわかれる。（でも　デジタルジョーさんとはわかれない。）

>2) Could you write or say it as “ホストとわかれるんでしょ”?

Yes, you can.　But in that case you are just saying that you are going to break up.

>In regards to the ホスト:
>1) Are there also businesses where there are female hosts for the male customers?
Yes, there are. I think there are more hostess bars than host bars.

2) Is it called by a different name?
キャバクラ or クラブ. キャバクラis cheaper than クラブ.

いいしつもんでした。ありがとう。

Naomi

Yeah, I agree. I think two episodes of this is enough.

Regarding 「二股」, doesn’t it carry the same extremely negative connotation as “two-timing” does in English? My point is that the English term is used ONLY in an accusatory or disparaging way. The person doing it would never use that word to describe their own actions, and their confidantes certainly would not use it to the person’s face, at least not if they wished to remain on speaking terms. Is “futamata” a more neutral term?

lots of females use this all the time, but a few men I know do this also

Generally though I think you are right. There is a lot of giggling, squealing and musical voices when it comes to females (at least those around me!! )