@sangosquid continued from ask
[the moth was a little rusty with his japanese, admittedly. he wished he had kept up with it more, but with his one teacher lost to time he had kind of... slacked off. but there was no time like the present to turn yourself around, right? cotes proved to be a good practice location - it's amazing how much just reading out random signs and pamphlets could help. reading was proving to be the hard part of returning to all this, it seemed.]
[turning to face the source of the unfamiliar voice and blinking in honest surprise as he had never encountered an inkling before, he took in what they were saying once the language became a little more familiar, shoving the top pair of hands in his pockets as he relaxed his posture even if only a little.]
居酒屋.
means tavern.
though i dunno what all the stuff before it says.
[he glanced back up to the sign, squinting at the unfamiliar characters.]
might be a name?...