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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
- —へそで茶を沸かすwhat a joke!; don't make me laugh!; to split one's sides laughing; to be convulsed with laughter; to boil tea with one's navel (using the heat generated by laughing)
- —お茶の子さいさいeasy task; piece of cake; cakewalk; cinch; pushover
- —へそが茶を沸かすwhat a joke!; don't make me laugh!; to split one's sides laughing; to be convulsed with laughter; one's navel boils water (using the heat generated by laughing)
- —お茶の水女子大学Ochanomizu Women's University
- —ボストン茶会事件Boston Tea Party (1773)
- —鬼も十八番茶も出花just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
- —抹茶アイスクリームgreen tea ice cream
- —大きにお世話、お茶でも上がれmind your own business!; keep out of it!
- —御茶tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
- —焦茶dark brown; olive brown
- —茶筌tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
- —末茶matcha; powdered green tea
- —名茶fine (green) tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea
- —茶匙teaspoon; bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
- —茶茶interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
- —茶漬chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it; simple meal
- —茶渋tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)
- —綠茶green tea; Japanese tea
- —茶所tea-growing district; tea-producing center; rest area serving tea (esp. at a temple or shrine); tea house
- —茶処tea-growing district; tea-producing center; rest area serving tea (esp. at a temple or shrine); tea house