Translation guide
A room specifically designed or used for the Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu). This guide covers how to refer to such a room in Japanese, from the formal tea room to a room temporarily used for tea.
A purpose-built room for the tea ceremony, often with tatami mats, a tokonoma alcove, and a sunken hearth.
The standard term for a tea-ceremony room. It refers to a room specifically designed for chanoyu, usually in a traditional Japanese style.
This tea-ceremony room is four and a half tatami mats in size.
Literally 'tea seat' or 'tea gathering place'. Can refer to the tea room itself or the tea ceremony event. Often used in the context of a tea gathering.
Purify your hands before entering the tea room.
A refined, rustic-style tea room, often associated with the wabi-sabi aesthetic. More specific than 茶室, implying a particular architectural style.
This sukiya-style tea room reflects Sen no Rikyu's taste.
A regular room, such as a living room or hall, that is temporarily set up for a tea ceremony.
A room in a hotel, community center, or restaurant used for tea ceremony.
A room specifically for the practice of tea ceremony (sadō/chadō). Often found in cultural centers or schools.
There is a tea-ceremony room in the community center.
A polite way to say 'tea room', often used in service contexts like hotels or ryokan.
Reservations for the tea-ceremony room are here.
茶室 is the general term for a tea-ceremony room. 茶席 can mean the room or the event itself. 数寄屋 refers to a specific rustic architectural style of tea room, often associated with Sen no Rikyu.
Adding お to 茶室 makes it more polite and is common in customer service contexts, such as at a ryokan or cultural center.
The tea ceremony venue is the Japanese-style room on the second floor.