カフェkafe

1. nouncafé; cafe; coffeehouse
   軽食けいしょくの出来できるカフェがありますか。↗

   Is there a cafe where I can have a light meal?
2. nounhostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)esp. カフェー

• Synonym喫茶店きっさてんNeutralNeutral. Serves coffee, tea and light meals, often with a traditional, retro feel; 「カフェ」 sounds newer and trendier, but the two are interchangeable in most cases.
• SynonymコーヒーショップNeutralNeutral. A shop centred on coffee, often a takeout chain, or one selling coffee beans; 「カフェ」 is the broader term.
• Related食堂しょくどうNeutralNeutral. Mainly serves full meals, as in a staff canteen or inexpensive eatery; 「カフェ」 centres on drinks and light meals.
• Related茶店さてんCasualColloquial. Read 「さてん」, a colloquial short form of 「喫茶店」; read 「ちゃみせ」, a roadside tea stall. Neither has 「カフェ」's trendy feel.
• RelatedカフェテリアNeutralNeutral. A self-service cafeteria, as in schools or companies, serving mainly meals; 「カフェ」 centres on coffee drinks and light meals.
• RelatedパーラーNeutralNeutral. Loanword for a café or snack shop, often seen in fruit-and-dessert shops like 「フルーツパーラー」; 「カフェ」 is more general.
• Related茶房さぼうWrittenWritten/formal prose. An elegant name for 「喫茶店」, mostly used in shop names, with a refined, old-fashioned Japanese feel; say 「カフェ」 or 「喫茶店」 in daily speech.

Say 「カフェ」 or 「喫茶店」 in most cases, the latter often with a retro feel. For meals go to 「食堂」, for self-service dining 「カフェテリア」; fruit-and-dessert shops are often called 「フルーツパーラー」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. コーヒー。
2. コーヒーなどを飲のませる飲食店いんしょくてん。
3. ヨーロッパの都市としの風物詩ふうぶつしになっている飲食店いんしょくてん。街路がいろに向むけ開放的かいほうてきな造つくりになっている。
4. コーヒー中心ちゅうしんの喫茶店きっさてん。
5. 大正たいしょう・昭和しょうわ初期しょきに、女給じょきゅうが酌しゃくをして洋酒ようしゅ類るいを飲のませた飲食店いんしょくてん。特殊とくしゅ喫茶きっさ。社交しゃこう喫茶きっさ。カフエ。キャフェ。カフェー。カッフェー。