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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
- —茶こしtea strainer
- —茶請けcake or snack served with tea
- —茶箪笥tea cabinet; cupboard for tea implements
- —水茶屋(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services)
- —はぶ茶senna tea
- —海老茶maroon; reddish-brown
- —製茶業tea processing industry
- —甘茶蔓jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
- —挽き茶powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
- —煎じ茶decoction of tea
- —茶器組tea set
- —茶掛けhanging scroll in a tea-ceremony room
- —茶懐石simple meal eaten before tea is served
- —中国茶Chinese tea
- —杜仲茶Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)
- —台湾茶Taiwanese tea (i.e. oolong)
- —茶の木tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
- —掛茶屋roadside tea house; beach-side cafe; simple, hut-like cafe
- —色茶屋erotic tea house (employing prostitutes)
- —茶立虫psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)