茶ちゃ湯とう

noun

offering of tea and hot water to Buddha or the deceased

Buddhist or funerary context; a ritual offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased.

• お盆ぼんには仏ぶつ壇だんに茶ちゃ湯とうを供そなえる。

  During Obon, we offer tea and hot water at the family altar.

noun

tea infusion; tea and hot water

Refers to the liquid mixture of tea and hot water, or the act of infusing tea. Less common in modern everyday speech.

• 急きゅう須すで茶ちゃ湯とうを淹いれる。

  I brew tea with a teapot.

noun

tea ceremony

Synonym of 茶の湯 (ちゃのゆ); refers to the Japanese tea ceremony. This reading is less common than ちゃのゆ.

See also: 茶の湯

• 茶ちゃ湯とうの心こころ得えを学まなぶ。

  I learn the etiquette of the tea ceremony.