行(い)きつけ

いきつけ
noun, pre-noun adjectival
regular; favorite (place one frequents)
1. regular; favorite; usual (place one frequents)
A place one regularly visits or patronizes, such as a restaurant, bar, or shop. Used as a modifier before nouns.
行(い)きつけの店(みせ)に行(い)こう。
Let's go to our usual place.
It takes courage to switch your regular hair salon.
Do you have a regular izakaya around here?

行(い)きつけ describes a place one visits regularly and feels comfortable at. It implies an established relationship — the staff may know you, and you feel at home there.

Usage

Almost always used as a pre-noun modifier: 行(い)きつけの + place noun. Rarely used as a standalone noun.

Common collocations

Writing

Also written as 行(い)き付(つ)け, though hiragana is more common.

Related words

常連(じょうれん) (regular customer) describes the person, while 行(い)きつけ describes the place from the customer's perspective.