茶|ちゃcha[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nountea
  2. nountea plant (Camellia sinensis)
    茶ちゃはインドで広ひろく栽培さいばいされている。↗
    Tea is widely grown in India.
  3. nountea preparation; making tea
  4. nounbrown
    その猫ねこの一方いっぽうは黒くろで、もう一方いっぽうは茶ちゃだ。↗
    One of the cats is black, the other is brown.
  5. noun, na-adjectivemockery
Conjugation
Plain form茶(ちゃ)
Polite (desu)茶です(ちゃです)
Negative (dewa nai)茶ではない(ちゃではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)茶ではありません(ちゃではありません)
Past (datta)茶だった(ちゃだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)茶ではなかった(ちゃではなかった)
Te form (de)茶で(ちゃで)
Adverbial (ni)茶に(ちゃに)
Conditional (nara)茶なら(ちゃなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonymお茶おちゃNeutralIn everyday speech 「お茶」 is the usual word for tea, mostly green tea; it also covers a tea break and the tea ceremony. 「茶」 is shorter and works alone, as in 「茶を飲む」.
  • SynonymティーNeutralA loanword, mostly for black tea or Western-style tea, as in 「ミルクティー」.

In everyday speech 「お茶」 is the usual word for tea. 「茶」 is shorter, works on its own, and often appears in compounds like 「緑茶」 and 「茶色」. For black tea or Western-style tea, say 「ティー」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 樹木じゅもくの一種いっしゅ。チャノキ。
  2. 語義ごぎ1の葉はの成分せいぶんを抽出ちゅうしゅつした飲物のみもの。
  3. (造語ぞうご成分せいぶん)語義ごぎ2に倣ならって、語義ごぎ1の以外いがいの素材そざいの成分せいぶんを抽出ちゅうしゅつした飲物のみもの。茶ちゃ外がい茶ちゃ。
  4. 休憩きゅうけい。また軽かるい飲食いんしょくを伴ともなうデート。
  5. 黒くろみがかった赤色あかいろ。茶色ちゃいろ。ブラウン。
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