居酒屋|いざかやizakaya[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounizakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
   彼かれはその居酒屋いざかやによく出でかける。↗

   He would often go to that tavern.

• Synonym飲み屋のみやCasualColloquial umbrella term for any place to drink; 「居酒屋」 specifically means a Japanese-style tavern that also serves drinking snacks.
• Synonym酒場さかばNeutralA bar or tavern; the word has a slightly old-fashioned, literary ring, like the saloon in a Western film.
• Synonym一杯飲み屋いっぱいのみやNeutralA cheap, no-frills spot for casually having a drink; more basic and informal than 「居酒屋」.
• Synonym赤ちょうちんあかちょうちんCasualColloquial name for a cheap tavern with a red lantern hung at the entrance; has a homely, everyman feel.
• Synonym酒処さけどころNeutralMostly seen on shop signs; refers to a place where you drink, and also to an area famous for sake production.
• RelatedスナックNeutralLoanword; in Japan usually a small counter bar where the proprietor keeps customers company, mainly for drinks and chat; 「居酒屋」 centers on the drinking snacks.
• RelatedパブNeutralLoanword for a British-style pub, mainly about beer; Western in flavor compared with the Japanese-style 「居酒屋」.
• RelatedスタンドバーNeutralA counter bar for drinking standing up; the term itself is Japanese-made English (wasei-eigo).

For a Japanese-style tavern with drinking snacks, say 「居酒屋」. Colloquially, any drinking spot is 「飲み屋」; a cheap, down-to-earth tavern is 「赤ちょうちん」; Western-style places are 「パブ」 or 「バー」; a small counter bar for drinks and chat is 「スナック」.

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1. 簡単かんたんな料理りょうりを食たべさせたり、安やすい酒さけを飲のませたりする簡易かんいな酒場さかば。