Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of いざかや – see the following entry.
居酒屋
[noun] An izakaya: a Japanese bar or pub that serves alcoholic beverages and also sells snacks; a type of Japanese drinking establishment which also serves food to accompany the drinks. They are popular, casual places for after-work drinking.
(This term, いざかや, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)