お茶ちゃ

noun

tea (green or barley)

Polite noun for tea, especially green tea or barley tea. The honorific prefix お is standard in everyday speech.

See also: 茶

• お茶ちゃをどうぞ。

  Please have some tea.

• 食しょく後ごにお茶ちゃを飲のむのが好すきです。

  I like drinking tea after meals.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

tea break; teatime

Refers to a break for tea, often used with する to mean 'take a tea break'. Common in workplace or casual settings.

• 3時じになったらお茶ちゃにしましょう。

  Let's take a tea break at three o'clock.

• ちょっとお茶ちゃしない？

  Want to grab a tea break?

noun

tea ceremony

Short for 茶の湯 (chanoyu), the Japanese tea ceremony. Used in contexts where the ceremony is implied.

See also: 茶の湯

• 彼かの女じょは週しゅう末まつにお茶ちゃを習ならっています。

  She is learning the tea ceremony on weekends.