charcoal setting procedure (tea ceremony)
A formalized sequence of actions for arranging charcoal in the hearth during a Japanese tea ceremony.
I learned the charcoal setting procedure in tea ceremony practice.
Standard kanji spelling for the tea ceremony charcoal procedure.
Variant spelling using 点前 (tea ceremony procedure) instead of 手前.
Compound of 炭 (sumi, 'charcoal') and 手前 (temae, 'procedure in front of someone'), referring to the formal charcoal-arranging procedure in the tea ceremony.