Cafe
Tea House, Coffee Shop, Coffee House
noun
If you consume tea in a shop, it could either be a cafe, a tea house, or slightly confusingly, a coffee shop. Welcome! Sit down. Relax. Have some tea (or coffee).
This word often refers to cafes with a retro feel to them, though they can be modern too. These places usually serve a variety of drinks and light meals.
The readings are what you'd expect except for きつ getting shortened to きっ and 茶, which has this strange さ reading. To remember that it's さ instead of ちゃ, think of this tea house you're going in. You think it's nice and pleasant, and it is for a while... until someone starts working a saw (さ) outside, ruining the atmosphere. BEWWEEEEHHHEEEHHHHHE gatatatatatat BWEEEHEEE.
アイフォンがぬすまれちゃってさ。今、喫茶店の電話を借りてかけてるんだ。
My iPhone was stolen, so I'm using the cafe telephone to call you now.
喫茶店でコーヒーを飲んでたんだけど、レジの人がおつりをわたし忘れてて私もそれに気づかず出てきちゃったんだよね。
I was drinking coffee at a coffee shop and the cashier forgot to hand me my change, but I also didn't notice and just left.
「去年、ブラジルの喫茶店で偶然コウイチに会ったよ。」 「本当？ そう言えば、長いことあいつの顔見てないなぁ。」
"Last year I ran into Koichi in a tea house in Brazil." "Oh, really? Now that you mention it, I haven’t seen him in years."