teatime; tea break; coffee break
A casual break for tea or coffee, often in the afternoon. Used in both personal and workplace contexts.
Let's have teatime at 3 p.m.
At the office, everyone eats snacks during the tea break.
Standard katakana spelling for the English loanword 'teatime'.
Variant spelling with a middle dot; less common but still seen.
Borrowed from English 'teatime'.