喫茶店

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 喫茶店, read きっさてん, is a coffee shop or cafe serving drinks and often light refreshments.
• Basic usage: It can be a place near a station to wait for a friend or a shop decorated with old clocks.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A shop for coffee and light refreshment
  • This is a coffee shop or cafe where someone waits for a friend or sees old clocks on display. It does not name one particular drink.