キャバクラ

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Meanings

A type of bar where female staff serve drinks and provide conversation to male customers. Abbreviation of キャバレークラブ (cabaret club).

キャバクラに行いくto go to a hostess bar
上じょう司しに誘さそわれてキャバクラに行いった。
My boss invited me and I went to a hostess bar.
キャバクラで働はたらくto work at a hostess bar
彼かの女じょは学がく費ひのためにキャバクラで働はたらいている。
She works at a hostess bar to pay for her tuition.

キャバレー
キャバレー is an older-style cabaret with stage shows and dancing, while キャバクラ focuses on one-on-one conversation with hostesses at the table.
クラブ
クラブ is a broader term that can mean a nightclub or upscale hostess club, whereas キャバクラ specifically denotes a more casual, cheaper hostess bar.
キャバ
キャバ is the casual, shortened form of キャバクラ, which is the fuller, slightly more formal way to refer to the same type of hostess bar.

キャバレー
キャバレー is an older-style club with stage entertainment (dancing, live bands), whereas キャバクラ is a modern hostess bar centered on conversation with hostesses rather than shows.

Wasei-eigo abbreviation of キャバレークラブ (cabaret club), combining キャバレー (cabaret) and クラブ (club).