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izakaya

izakaya noun: a Japanese bar that also sells snacks.

izakaya: a Japanese bar that also sells snacks
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Noun

izakaya (countable and uncountable, plural izakaya or izakayas)

  1. A Japanese bar that also sells snacks.
    • The sprawling multipage menu offers cleanly executed dishes meant to accompany the sake, including standards like boiled edamame, and the filling rice balls called onigiri that you would expect at any izakaya, or Japanese pub.2007 January 28, “Island Within an Island”, in New York Times
  2. (informal) A Japanese restaurant outside of Japan; used in the naming or styling of the restaurant.

Forms of izakaya

pluralizakaya
pluralizakayas

Origin of izakaya

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

Questions about izakaya

What does izakaya mean?
Izakaya means a Japanese bar that also sells snacks.
What part of speech is izakaya?
Izakaya is a noun.
What is the plural of izakaya?
The plural of izakaya is izakaya.

Words near izakaya in the dictionary

  1. Izaguirre
  2. Izaguirres
  3. Izaiah
  4. Izak catshark
  5. Izak catsharks
  6. izakaya
  7. izakayas
  8. Izalco
  9. Izanagi
  10. Izanami
  11. izangoma

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