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飲食店

English translation: Any and all eating or drinking establishments (i.e., includes bars)

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Japanese term or phrase:飲食店
English translation:Any and all eating or drinking establishments (i.e., includes bars)
Entered by: conejo

19:43 May 18, 2006
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Japanese term or phrase: 飲食店
I see various translations for this word, but I am curious if this is only restaurants, or if it includes bars as well?

Thanks.
conejo
United States
Local time: 22:07
Any and all eating or drinking establishments (i.e., includes bars)
Explanation:
Per Japanese law, 飲食店 is the largest category, and is broken down into two sub-categories: 一般飲食店 and 遊興飲食店, the former not serving alcohol, the latter serving it.

One of the sub-categories is for "bars, cabarets, and night clubs."
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Marc Adler
Local time: 22:07
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3Any and all eating or drinking establishments (i.e., includes bars)
Marc Adler
4retaurant, cafeteria, food stand, fast food...
IC --
3 +1Ｒｅｓｔａｕｒａｎｔｓ
KathyT


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
retaurant, cafeteria, food stand, fast food...


Explanation:
retaurant, cafeteria, food stand...

IC --
Local time: 05:07
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Ｒｅｓｔａｕｒａｎｔｓ


Explanation:
I would say that this is most commonly "restaurants."

The main activity at an 飲食店 would be *eating*, not drinking.
(Although decent bars also offer decent food, but that's perhaps secondary to the main activity of drinking???)

My JPY2

KathyT
Australia
Local time: 13:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shimpei Shimizu (X): Generally used as restaurants, and not bars. バーは bar. As Marc points out, there may be legal implications, but really, when Japanese people (like myself) say 飲食店 restaurants, cafeteria, etc.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
neutral  Kurt Hammond: I have to go with Marc Adler's answer that it refers to ANY place that serves food or drink.
3 days 14 hrs
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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Any and all eating or drinking establishments (i.e., includes bars)


Explanation:
Per Japanese law, 飲食店 is the largest category, and is broken down into two sub-categories: 一般飲食店 and 遊興飲食店, the former not serving alcohol, the latter serving it.

One of the sub-categories is for "bars, cabarets, and night clubs."


    Reference: http://www.stat.go.jp/index/seido/sangyo/pdf/san3m.pdf
Marc Adler
Local time: 22:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Naikei Wong: Looks good (from wikipedia JP): http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/飲食店
16 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  Shannon Morales: Great link. This was my understanding, too, that inshokuten is a broad category that includes drinking establishments, too.
1 day 1 hr
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: right! my parents used to run a bar and are running a Japanese restaurant, and in my teens, i always wonder why my parents' profession should be noted as 飲食業 on any official documents, etc. taht does refer to where u eat and drink, both. -
6 days
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