Noun: kissa
| Singular | kissa |
| Plural | kissa |
Sample Sentences
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jazz kissa
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Jazz kissa are niche Japanese cafes stacked with whisky, vinyl and high-end audio systems. [2023 October 5, Philip Arneill, “One kissa is all it takes: Tokyo’s finest jazz haunts – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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All Blues, which opened October 2023, sticks to the quieter, more contemplative atmosphere that characterizes the traditional jazz kissa. [2024 December 30, Brian Josephs, “The Music Is Too Loud. That’s the Point.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:]
Nouns inflected like kissa
cement works,
Old World ROM,
mythopoetics,
zhenniao,
ichimon,
seinen,
sedoka,
semese,
sentai,
senryū,
senbei,
whapuku,
whapuka,
selbri,
Cinghalese,
sayori,
sansho,
sanies,
sanmai,
sangza, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 喫茶 (kissa, “tea house”).