カフェ

noun

café; coffee shop

A casual place serving coffee, tea, light meals, and sweets. The most common modern meaning.

from French

• 駅えき前まえのカフェでコーヒーを飲のんだ。

  I had coffee at a café in front of the station.

• あのカフェはケーキがおいしい。

  That café has delicious cake.

noun

hostess bar (Taisho/Showa)

Only with reading カフェー

Historical term for a bar where hostesses served Western alcoholic drinks, especially during the Taisho and early Showa periods. Often written カフェー.

• 大たい正しょう時じ代だい、カフェーは新あたらしい社しゃ交こうの場ばだった。

  In the Taisho era, the café (hostess bar) was a new kind of social venue.