The Japanese word for tea is
紅茶
こうちゃ - koucha紅-deep red, crimson (koo), 茶-tea (cha)
Japanese Definition
| tea | |
| 1. 名詞. （不可算）茶葉。 | |
| Go to the supermarket and buy some tea. | |
| 2. 名詞. （不可算）茶、特に紅茶 | |
| Would you like some tea? | |
| 3. 名詞. （可算）一杯のお茶。 | |
| I'd like two teas, please. | |
| 4. 名詞. （不可算）お茶のように、成分を抽出した飲物。（可算）それらの一杯。 | |
| camomile tea | |
| 5. 名詞. (英 不可算）午後の軽食。アフタヌーン･ティ。 | |
| Kids, your tea's on the table! | |
| 6. 名詞. (英 不可算）夕食。ハイ･ティー。 | |
| The family were sitting round the table, having their tea. | |
| 7. 名詞. （クリケット）2回と3回の間の休憩時間。 | |
| Australia were 490 for 7 at tea on the second day. | |
| 8. 名詞. （隠語）マリファナ。 |
Translations for tea and their definitions
| 茶葉 | |
| 1. n. tea leaf | |
| お茶 | |
| 1. n. tea, usually green tea | |
| お茶はいかがですか。 - How about some tea? (Would you like some tea?) | |
| 2. n. tea ceremony | |
| 3. n. snack with tea or coffee | |
| 4. n. the act of having tea | |
| 5. n. Usage: * Using お茶 is considered neutral (i.e., neither polite nor impolite), while the bare 茶 is markedly impolite to refer to tea. The prefix お was originally an honorific, but i | |
| 6. v. (colloquial) go out for tea | |
| 7. v. Usage: お茶 generally refers to a cup of hot green tea. In general, black tea is referred to as 紅茶, though it can be implicitly included within the term (lang, ja, お茶), which literally jus | |
| 8. v. Usage: The honorific お in お茶 is normally written in hiragana, though you will see it from time to time in more formal or official writing as 御 (as in 御茶). Also, (lang, ja | |
| 9. v. Usage: 茶する without the honorific お is rarely used. |
| 茶 | |
| 1. n. tea (q-lite, not used in isolation in modern Japanese) | |
| 2. n. brown | |
| 3. n. Usage: This term is not used on its own in modern Japanese. For the (m-lite, en, tea) sense, this is used either with the honorific prefix m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, お, tr=o-, or in a compound such a | |
| Usage: * お茶はいかがですか。 - How about some tea? (Would you like some tea?) | |
| 4. n. Usage: For the (m-lite, en, brown) sense, this is used with the color suffix |
| 紅茶 | |
| 1. n. black tea | |
| 紅茶を入れる - make black tea | |
| 紅茶を飲む - drink black tea |
| ティー | |
| 1. n. (golf) a tee | |
| 2. n. (syn of ja, 茶, tr=cha, , tea) (drink made from leaves of tea plant) |
| 上がり | |
| 1. n. rise | |
| 2. n. income | |
| 3. n. ending | |
| ちょうどあがりの時間 - ちょうど あがり の じ%かん | |
| 4. n. (in sushi shops) tea |
| 出花 | |
| 1. n. first brew of tea |
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