茶室
Meanings
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tea room; tea ceremony room
A room specifically designed for the Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu), often with tatami mats, a tokonoma alcove, and a sunken hearth.
I prepare matcha in the tea room.
This inn has a small tea room attached.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉に茶室を建てるto build a tea room (at a location)
He built a small tea room in the corner of the garden.
- 茶室で茶会を開くto hold a tea gathering in a tea room
A tea gathering was held in the teacher's tea room.
- 茶室に入るto enter a tea room
The guest entered the tea room through the low crawl-in door.