喫きっ茶さ店てん

also: きっちゃてん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

noun

coffee shop; cafe; tearoom

General term for a coffee shop or cafe, often serving light meals and desserts. Can range from old-style kissaten to modern cafes.

駅えき前まえに新あたらしい喫きっ茶さ店てんができた。
A new coffee shop opened in front of the station.
喫きっ茶さ店てんでコーヒーを飲のみながら本ほんを読よんだ。
I read a book while drinking coffee at a cafe.

noun

kissaten; traditional Japanese coffee shop

Specifically refers to a traditional Japanese-style coffee shop, often with a retro Showa-era atmosphere, dark wood interiors, and hand-drip coffee. Distinct from modern chain cafes.

この喫きっ茶さ店てんは昭しょう和わレトロな雰ふん囲い気きで、サイフォンコーヒーが名めい物ぶつだ。
This kissaten has a retro Showa atmosphere and is famous for its siphon coffee.

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Usage patterns

喫きっ茶さ店てんに入はいるto go into a cafe
雨あめが降ふってきたので、近ちかくの喫きっ茶さ店てんに入はいった。
Since it started raining, I went into a nearby cafe.
喫きっ茶さ店てんで〈人ひと〉と待まち合あわせるto meet up with someone at a cafe
駅えき前まえの喫きっ茶さ店てんで友とも達だちと待まち合あわせた。
I met up with a friend at a cafe near the station.
喫きっ茶さ店てんを経けい営えいするto run a cafe
彼かれは駅えき前まえで小ちいさな喫きっ茶さ店てんを経けい営えいしている。
He runs a small cafe near the station.
喫きっ茶さ店てんを開ひらくto open a cafe (as a business)
退たい職しょく後ご、念ねん願がんだった喫きっ茶さ店てんを開ひらいた。
After retiring, she opened the cafe she had long dreamed of.

Kanji

喫consume, eat, drink
茶tea
店store, shop

Related words

カフェ sense 1
カフェ suggests a modern, Western-style café with a bright, casual atmosphere, while 喫茶店 can also refer to an old-fashioned, retro-style coffee shop.
コーヒーショップN3sense 1
コーヒーショップ is a loanword usually implying a coffee-chain-style shop like Starbucks, whereas 喫茶店 is the broader, more traditional Japanese term.
茶ちゃ屋や
喫茶店 is a modern coffee shop or café, while 茶屋 evokes a traditional, often historical Japanese teahouse or rest stop.
喫きっ茶さN1
喫茶店 is the full, everyday word for a coffee shop, while 喫茶 is its clipped, more formal- or old-fashioned-sounding form often seen in shop names and signs.
パーラー
喫茶店 is the traditional Japanese term for a coffee shop, while パーラー suggests a lighter, dessert-focused shop like a フルーツパーラー.

Don't confuse with

茶さ店てん sense 2
茶店 (ちゃてん) traditionally means a roadside teahouse or rest stop, while 喫茶店 is a proper coffee shop or cafe with seating and a menu.

Counted with

軒けんN4
counter for buildings (esp. houses) · suffix for pen names, stage names, etc.

Built from

喫きっ茶さ+店てん

Written forms

喫茶店
- きっさてん
  Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
- きっちゃてん
  rarely-used kana form
きっちゃてん
rarely-used kana form
Rarely used kana form; it is such.

Etymology

Compound of 喫茶 (kissa, 'tea drinking') + 店 (ten, 'shop'). The word originally referred to a place for drinking tea, but now primarily means a coffee shop.