Translation guide
A place where tea is served, ranging from traditional Japanese tea ceremony rooms to casual modern cafés. The Japanese term depends heavily on the style and context.
A small, rustic structure specifically designed for the Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu), often in a garden setting.
The standard term for a tea ceremony room, often a separate small building or a room within a larger structure.
This tea house was built in the Edo period.
A more elegant or literary term for a tea house, often implying a detached pavilion in a garden.
There is a tasteful tea house in the garden.
A shop specializing in Japanese green tea, matcha, and tea ceremony equipment.
A modern or semi-traditional establishment where you can sit and enjoy tea, sweets, and sometimes light meals.
A traditional Japanese-style coffee shop or tearoom, often serving tea, coffee, and light food. This is the most common equivalent for a casual tea house.
I had tea at a café near the station.
A Japanese-style tearoom, often with a traditional atmosphere, serving tea and Japanese sweets.
A loanword for 'café', widely used for modern tea and coffee shops. Not specifically a tea house, but often used when the focus is on the casual setting.
A place serving Chinese tea, dim sum, or other Asian tea traditions.
Specifically a Chinese-style tea house, often serving Chinese tea and snacks.
I went into a tea house in Yokohama's Chinatown.
Literally 'yum cha shop', used for places specializing in dim sum and Chinese tea.
The direct loanword ティーハウス is not commonly used in Japanese. It may be understood but sounds unnatural. Use context-appropriate terms like 喫茶店 or 茶室 instead.
茶室 is specifically a tea ceremony room, while 喫茶店 is a casual coffee/tea shop. Using 茶室 for a modern café would be incorrect.
I bought some hojicha at the local tea shop.
I found a lovely tea house in the old town.
That café has a wide selection of teas.
On weekends, I eat with my family at a dim sum tea house.