茶さ道どう

also: ちゃどう

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the traditional Japanese art of preparing and serving matcha in a meditative, ritualized manner.

〈人ひと〉が茶さ道どうを習ならうfor someone to learn the tea ceremony
彼かの女じょは子こ供どものころから茶さ道どうを習ならっている。
She has been learning the tea ceremony since she was a child.
茶さ道どうを教おしえるto teach the tea ceremony
祖そ母ぼは近きん所じょの子こ供どもたちに茶さ道どうを教おしえている。
My grandmother teaches the tea ceremony to the neighborhood children.
茶さ道どうの心こころ得えがあるto have training/knowledge in the tea ceremony
彼かれは茶さ道どうの心こころ得えがあるので、作さ法ほうに詳くわしい。
He has training in the tea ceremony, so he knows the etiquette well.

茶ちゃの湯ゆN1
茶道 is the standard modern term for the tea ceremony as a formal art, while 茶の湯 is an older, more poetic word emphasizing its aesthetic and spiritual side.
茶ちゃN3
茶道 is the formal name for the art of the tea ceremony, while 茶 in this sense is a shorter, more casual way to refer to the same practice.

華か道どう
茶道 is the way of preparing and serving tea, whereas 華道 is the way of flower arrangement; both share the ending 道 for traditional arts but refer to completely different practices.
茶ちゃ会かいN1
茶道 is the art or discipline of tea ceremony itself, while 茶会 is a specific event or gathering where tea is served.
喫きっ茶さN1
茶道 refers to the formal Japanese tea ceremony as a cultural art, while 喫茶 just means the plain act of drinking tea.
茶ちゃ室しつ
茶道 is the art or 'way' of the tea ceremony, whereas 茶室 is the physical room in which it is performed.

From 茶 (tea) + 道 (way, path), literally 'the way of tea'. The term became established in the Edo period to describe the formalized practice.