Is 居酒屋 used more than 酒屋?
My Japanese teacher said 酒屋 is a very old word, people rarely use it and 居酒屋 is used more often nowadays.
But my dictionary tells the opposite way!!?
Please help.
お願いします

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酒屋 and 居酒屋 have slightly different meanings, according to what I have learned.

酒屋 would be liquor store; a store where you can go to buy bottled liquor or beer.

居酒屋 would be a kind of bar or restaurant that sells alcoholic beverages with small dishes of food.

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Sakaya are shops for Osake.
Izakaya are the place for drinking Osake in night time.

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酒屋 is wine or liquor shop, so you can buy it.
居酒屋 is a cheep pub. We can drink and eat in it. But we can't buy liquor.
long time ago, we could drink in 酒屋 like one shot bar.

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