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tea drinking; consumption of tea or coffee
The act of drinking tea or coffee, especially in a leisurely or social context. In contemporary Japanese it appears mostly as part of compound words denoting cafes.
駅前に喫茶コーナーがある。
There's a tea-and-coffee corner in front of the station.
学園祭でクラスがメイド喫茶を出した。
At the school festival, our class ran a maid cafe.
昭和の雰囲気が残る純喫茶でゆっくり過ごした。
I spent some quiet time at an old-fashioned cafe with a Showa-era atmosphere.
Literally "drinking tea". Rarely used as a standalone word in modern speech; it appears mainly in compounds for cafes and tea shops.
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 喫茶店: cafe; coffee shop
- 純喫茶: traditional retro cafe (no alcohol)
- メイド喫茶: maid cafe
- コスプレ喫茶: cosplay cafe
- 猫喫茶: cat cafe
SIMILAR WORDS:
- カフェ: cafe — modern loanword, more stylish or Western-leaning
- 茶店: traditional tea house — old-fashioned, often near temples or scenic spots