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The Japanese word for tea is
紅茶

こうちゃ - koucha
紅-deep red, crimson (koo), 茶-tea (cha)



tea

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


     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


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 is markedly impolite to refer to tea. The prefix 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 in お茶 is normally written in hiragana, though you will see it from time to time in more formal or official writing as (as in 御茶). Also, (lang, ja
     9. v. Usage: 茶する without the honorific is rarely used.


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



Dictionary entries from Wiktionary

Pronunciation


(koucha)

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