Cafe, Coffee House, Coffee Shop
Noun
きっさてん
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 tea house 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 cafe 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 cafe in Brazil." "Oh, really? Now that you mention it, I haven’t seen him in years."
A tea shop where you consume (tea) is a tea house. Welcome! Sit down. Relax. Have some tea.
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.