茶ちゃ坊ぼう主ず

noun

tea-server; tea-serving attendant

Historical term for a person who served tea, especially in a temple, noble household, or shogunate. Now mostly encountered in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、茶ちゃ坊ぼう主ずは将しょう軍ぐんのそばで茶ちゃを点たてた。

  In the Edo period, tea-servers prepared tea beside the shogun.

noun

flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

Derogatory figurative use, likening someone to a servile tea-server who ingratiates themselves with superiors. Often used for political or workplace toadies.

• あいつは上じょう司しに取とり入いる茶ちゃ坊ぼう主ずだ。

  That guy is a sycophant who sucks up to the boss.

• 茶ちゃ坊ぼう主ずみたいな態たい度どはやめろ。

  Stop acting like a brown-noser.