izakaya

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Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ()(ざか)() (izakaya).

Noun

居酒屋 characters on lanterns

izakaya (countable and uncountable, plural izakaya or izakayas)

  1. A Japanese bar that also sells snacks
    • 2007 January 28, “Island Within an Island”, in New York Times:
      The sprawling multipage menu offers cleanly executed dishes meant to accompany the sake, including standards like boiled edamame, and the filling rice balls called onigiri that you would expect at any izakaya, or Japanese pub.
  2. (informal, marketing) A Japanese restaurant outside of Japan; used in the naming or styling of the restaurant.

Translations

Japanese

Romanization

izakaya

  1. Rōmaji transcription of いざかや