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喫茶店 (kissaten) Japanese meaning: coffee shop | Kotomora
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茶さ
店てん
が
でき
た
。
A new coffee shop opened in front of the station.
I read a book while drinking coffee at a cafe.
Usage patterns 喫きっ 茶さ 店てん に 入はい る to go into a cafe
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
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
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)
After retiring, she opened the cafe she had long dreamed of.
Related words 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 is a loanword usually implying a coffee-chain-style shop like Starbucks, whereas 喫茶店 is the broader, more traditional Japanese term.
喫茶店 is a modern coffee shop or café, while 茶屋 evokes a traditional, often historical Japanese teahouse or rest stop.
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.
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.
Written forms 喫茶店
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.
