居酒屋

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

居酒屋

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

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).

• (Tokyo) いざかや [ìzákáyá] (Heiban – [0])^[1][2][3]
• (Tokyo) いざかや [ìzákáꜜyà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [iza̠ka̠ja̠]

居(い)酒(ざか)屋(や) • (izakaya) ^{←ゐざかや (wizakaya)?}

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.

• 酒場(さかば) (sakaba)
• 飲(の)み屋(や) (nomiya)
• バー (bā)
• パブ (pabu)
• スナック (sunakku)

• English: izakaya

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