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茶 kanji
tea
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
チャサ
Kun readings
NoneWords with 茶
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —鮭茶漬けchazuke with salmon
- —こげ茶色dark brown; olive brown
- —赤茶けるto turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
- —お茶の子easy task; piece of cake; cakewalk; cinch; pushover; cake served with tea; light snack
- —お茶請けcake or snack served with tea
- —茶目っ気playfulness; mischivousness; naughtiness
- —茶どころtea-growing district; tea-producing center; rest area serving tea (esp. at a temple or shrine); tea house
- —茶飲み話chat over tea; gossip; small talk
- —茶摘み歌tea-picking song
- —ほうじ茶roasted green tea
- —夫婦茶碗pair of teacups (or rice bowls) for a married couple (one large and one small); his and hers teacups; his and hers rice bowls
- —茶を濁すto evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
- —文福茶釜bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)
- —茶巾寿司gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg
- —茶筅羊歯maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
- —料理茶屋(Edo-period) restaurant
- —茶色雀蜂brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
- —散茶女郎prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
- —お茶っ葉tea leaves
- —引手茶屋teahouse that introduces clients to prostitutes