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day jeorb, Japanese, request for local expertise/RT 

So here's an interesting question that came up at work:

Would the Japanese word 居酒屋 ("izakaya") ever be applied to a British/Irish/American-style pub? Or is it strictly only applied to traditional izakaya, with more traditional Japanese bar food?

day jeorb, Japanese, request for local expertise/RT 

@zebratron2084

I hope not. Honestly I'm a bit tired of "Oz is an isekai, Leia is a tsundere, Biscoff is a Pocky"

day jeorb, Japanese, request for local expertise/RT 

@zebratron2084

The only Japanese loan-word that I will currently endorse is "hyakugei" (hundred arts), because it is a gender-neutral version of "Jack-of-all-trades".

day jeorb, Japanese, request for local expertise/RT 

@zebratron2084

I was curious, so I went looking. Japanese Wikipedia has an article on them (ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9) that specifically mentions that "Western-style izakaya are called pubs or bars", so the fact that there's a distinction means that "izakaya" probably only refers to the 🏮 kind.

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