tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer
matcha; powdered green tea
living room (Japanese-style)
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
upright-floating tea stalk (considered a lucky omen)
cake served with tea; teacake
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
brown envelope; manila envelope
cake or snack served with tea
burlesque; low comedy; farce
dark reddish-brown; liver color
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
weak matcha; light brown (color, colour)
chawanmushi; savoury steamed egg custard with chicken, mushrooms, etc. (savory)
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
(geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha
chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
It's a piece of cake; It's a simple task; It's a cinch
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
coarse, low-grade tea; tea (often used when offering someone a cup)
koicha; exceptionally dark, opaque matcha
tea grinding mortar (hand mill)
green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha); medium-grade green tea
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; brown eyes
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea; hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
tea and cakes; refreshments
tea-server; flatterer; sycophant
sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)
(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall
to fade; to discolour; to discolor
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
cake or snack served with tea
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
tea plantation; tea field
cupboard or chest for tea implements
strong or bitter (green) tea
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
cinch; pushover; easy matter; light snack; cake served with tea
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea); sweet hydrangea leaf; hydrangea tea
seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony; flowers in a tea room
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of; to take a tea break; to rest
tea-ceremony room; tea-ceremony hut; restaurant; coffee shop; cafe
tea chest; box for tea utensils (tea ceremony)
to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)
bamboo tea spoon for making Japanese tea
an offering of tea and hot water made to Buddha or the spirit of the deceased; a tea infusion; tea and hot water; tea ceremony
woman employed in a restaurant, teahouse or teahouse offering sexual services
cake served with tea; snack; offering or gift given at Buddhist services; light meal taken before breakfast by farmers
rice boiled in tea flavored with sake and shoyu
gomokuzushi wrapped in a thin layer of fried egg
tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
soft yellow-green; subdued pea green; tea green
shelf on which tea and tea implements are kept
common camellia (Camellia japonica); (arch.) tea produced in the mountains
tea incrustation; tea stains (on teeth, cups, etc.)
hot water and tea; hot drinks (esp. while entertaining)
bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)
small boat used for transport on rivers (Edo period); barge; boat with a roof used for boating on a river; (arch.) small boat selling food and drinks on a river
lucky tea (var. of tea made from sea tangle, black soybeans, pepper, pickled plums, etc. and drunk on festive occasions); New Year tea
liquor consumed in a teahouse
citron tea; jelly-like concentrate of sweetened citron peel used to make citron tea
fine tea; brand-name tea; famous tea; choice tea; well-known brand of quality green tea
powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
tea gruel; tea flavoured rice gruel
chazuke with salmon powder
tea caddy; tea canister; tea can
funny word or gesture; funny part (in a puppet show, kabuki, etc.); (arch.) a woman's temple hair
Uji-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated around Uji, Kyoto
farce; burlesque; low comedy
kabusecha; mild green tea which has been lightly screened from sunlight for 1-3 weeks before picking
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
Shizuoka-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
tian cha; sweet tea; blackberry leaf tea; Chinese blackberry (Rubus suavissimus)
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
first-grade tea (first picking)
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
sencha tea ceremony; Way of Sencha Tea; Chinese-influenced Japanese tea ceremony using leaf tea rather than powdered tea, assoc. with the Ōbaku school of zen
simple meal eaten before tea is served
formal tea gathering; formal tea party
giving up or abstaining from tea
to do something ridiculous; to do something bizarre; (lit.) to boil tea in one's navel
even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; (lit.) even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed
powdered tea; freshly-brewed, aromatic tea
matcha salt; salt mixed with powdered green tea
hanging scroll in a tea-ceremony room
tawny brown; dark vermillion
tea tasting; tea-tasting; tea-tasting contest
what a hoot!; joke of the century!; (lit.) one's navel boils water
tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year
preparing powdered tea (at a tea ceremony)
hand-moulded earthenware teacup
psocid (any insect of order Psocoptera, which includes booklice)
hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
tea served without sweets
tea dispenser (in office break rooms); tea machine
Chinese-style vegetarian cuisine (popular in the Edo period)
tea leaves which have been washed in hot water after drying
twig tea; stem tea; kukicha
coarse tea in which a pinch of salt is added (said to help dissipate alcoholic intoxication)
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
guricha; Japanese green tea similar to gunpowder tea
broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)
just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
tea name (name bestowed upon a tea ceremony practitioner)
entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen)
cake tea (e.g. Pu-erh tea)
Tochū tea (high in minerals and reputed to be beneficial for weight loss and in cases of high blood pressure)
tamaryokucha; Japanese green tea similar to gunpowder tea
grey tinged with brown (gray)
awfully; extremely; to excess; senseless; reckless
Tibetan drink made from dried lichen
aracha; unprocessed tea; unrefined tea; crude tea
anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; (lit.) tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time
tea rolled by hand over a dryer (old production method); hand-rolled tea
female usher at traditional Kansai theatrical events
seven styles of tea ceremonies
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
yellowish brown (traditional Japanese color name)
rustic tea house made out of a thatched hut
brown tinged with olive green
Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea)
tea ceremony master; tea ceremony instructor
Taiwanese tea (i.e. oolong)
brown tinged with olive green and indigo
basket for tea ceremony instruments
coarse broken tea leaves and buds generated during the sifting process
light brown (traditional Japanese color name)
twig tea; stem tea; kukicha; tea made from twigs pruned from the tea plant during its dormant season
serving tea (esp. in tea ceremony)
yellow-greenish light brown
dark brown color; reddish brown; polished brown
green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)
drink of black tea mixed with coffee
brown hornet (Vespa dybowskii)
very; extremely; excessively
German cockroach (Blattella germanica)
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats
common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus); brown lemur
widespread column (species of land snail, Pupilla muscorum)
eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus); gray-headed thrush
jiaogulan (species of herbaceous vine; Gynostemma pentaphyllum)
maidenhair spleenwort (Asplenium trichomanes)
Blattella nipponica (species of cockroach)
mind your own business!; keep out of it!
plain matcha (powdered green tea)
Chayama Station (Fukuoka)