待まち合あい茶ぢゃ屋や

noun

meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.

Archaic term for a type of establishment in the Edo period where people met for romantic rendezvous, entertainment, or social drinking. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの待まち合あい茶ぢゃ屋やは、密みっ会かいや遊ゆう興きょうの場ばとして使つかわれた。

  In the Edo period, machiai-jaya were used as places for secret meetings and entertainment.