A new bar opened in front of the station.
He goes to bars almost every night.
I drank with my coworkers at a nearby bar.
After work, we all went to a bar together.
My father runs a small bar near the station.
居酒屋 is a Japanese-style pub that also serves a range of food, while 飲み屋 stresses the drinking aspect and can refer to any small casual bar.
バー is a loanword typically evoking a Western-style bar with cocktails, whereas 飲み屋 is the native, more casual and local term.
飲み屋 is a place (a bar or pub), while 飲み会 is the event or gathering itself, not the location.
飲み屋 is counted with 軒 because it is treated as a small standalone building or shop.
cheap drinking spot; inexpensive pub or tavern
stand-up bar; standing-only drinking spot
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and everyday use.
Variant kanji for 飲む; sometimes used for stylistic effect but less common.
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
Kana-mixed spelling; used when the kanji 飲 is avoided or for readability.
Compound of 飲み (nomi, 'drinking', the continuative form of 飲む) and 屋 (ya, 'shop'). Literally 'drinking shop'.