roadside tea house; simple open-air cafe
Archaic term for a small, often temporary tea house or cafe by the roadside or beach, typically a simple hut-like structure. No longer in common use; encountered in historical or literary contexts.
During the Edo period, roadside tea houses dotted the highways.
Travelers took a rest at that simple tea house.
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana.
Variant spelling without okurigana; less common but still encountered.
Compound of 掛け (kake, 'hanging' or 'makeshift') and 茶屋 (chaya, 'tea house'), suggesting a simple, perhaps temporary structure. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.