歌うた声ごえ喫きっ茶さ

noun

utagoe coffeehouse; sing-along tearoom

Dated term for a coffee shop where customers could sing together accompanied by a band or piano, popular in mid-20th-century Japan.

• 昭しょう和わの時じ代だい、歌うた声ごえ喫きっ茶さは若わか者ものに人にん気きの社しゃ交こうの場ばだった。

  In the Showa era, utagoe coffeehouses were popular social spots for young people.

• 歌うた声ごえ喫きっ茶さでは、見み知しらぬ人ひと同どう士しが一いっ緒しょに歌うたを歌うたった。

  At a sing-along tearoom, strangers would sing songs together.