居酒屋

Chinese
reside alcoholic drink house; room
simp. and trad.
(居酒屋)		 居 酒 屋

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 居 (い)酒 (ざか)屋 (や) (izakaya).

Pronunciation

Noun

居酒屋

  1. izakaya (Japanese bar that serves alcoholic beverages and food)

Japanese
居酒屋 (izakaya): the red lantern typically hung by the door of an izakaya.
Kanji in this term
居 酒 屋
い
Grade: 5		 さか > ざか
Grade: 3		 や
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 居 (i, “being in a place, sitting in a place”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 居る iru “to be (for animate subjects)”) +‎ 酒 (saka, “sake, liquor, alcoholic beverage”) +‎ 屋 (ya, “house, store, building”). The saka changes to zaka as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

居酒屋 (hiragana いざかや, rōmaji izakaya, historical hiragana ゐざかや)

  1. An izakaya: a Japanese bar or pub that serves alcoholic beverages and also sells snacks; a type of Japanese drinking establishment which also serves food to accompany the drinks. They are popular, casual places for after-work drinking.

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References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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