| Kanji | Hiragana |
|---|---|
| 緑茶 | りょくちゃ |
Pronunciation: ryokucha
How to Say It Outloud: ree-oh-koo-chah
Usage: Refers specifically to green tea, commonly used in daily conversation and written language
Example Sentence Japanese:
朝食に緑茶を飲みました。
朝食に緑茶を飲みました。Example Sentence English:I drank green tea for breakfast.
I drank green tea for breakfast.| Hiragana |
|---|
| みどりちゃ |
Pronunciation: midoricha
How to Say It Outloud: mee-doh-ree-chah
Usage: Less common way of saying green tea, using the traditional color term for green
Example Sentence Japanese:お店でみどりちゃを頼みたいです。
お店でみどりちゃを頼みたいです。Example Sentence English:I want to order green tea at the shop.
I want to order green tea at the shop.Dictionary
緑茶りょくちゃCommon word
Noun- green tea; Japanese tea
- Green tea
煎茶せんちゃ
Noun- green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha)
- medium-grade green tea
- Sencha
上がり花あがりばな
Noun- (freshly brewed) green tea
グリーンティーグリーンティー
Noun- green tea
玉露ぎょくろ
Noun- high-quality green tea
- jewel-like dewdrop
- Gyokuro
抹茶まっちゃ
Noun- matcha; powdered green tea
- Matcha
上がりあがりCommon wordjlpt-n1
NounNoun, used as a suffix
- rise; increase; ascent
- income; takings; earnings; proceeds; (crop) yield; return; profit
- completion; end; finish
- end result (e.g. of crafts); how something comes out; finish
- finishing (in a board or card game, etc.)
- green tea (esp. in a sushi restaurant)
- after (rain, illness, etc.)
- ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat); former
茶漬けちゃづけ
Noun- chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
- Chazuke
ほうじ茶ほうじちゃ
Noun- roasted green tea
- Hojicha
玄米茶げんまいちゃ
Noun- green tea with roasted brown rice
- Genmaicha
挽き茶ひきちゃ
Noun- powdered green tea (steamed and dried before being stone-ground)
深蒸し茶ふかむしちゃ
Noun- deep-steamed green tea
玉緑茶たまりょくちゃ
Noun- tamaryokucha; Japanese green tea similar to gunpowder tea
ぐり茶ぐりちゃ
Noun- guricha; Japanese green tea similar to gunpowder tea
茶そばちゃそば
Noun- cha soba; soba containing green tea
釜炒り茶かまいりちゃ
Noun- green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)
抹茶アイスクリームまっちゃアイスクリーム
Noun- green tea ice cream
- Green tea ice cream
宇治茶うじちゃ
Noun- Uji-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated around Uji, Kyoto
静岡茶しずおかちゃ
Noun- Shizuoka-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated in Shizuoka Prefecture
ぶぶ漬けぶぶづけ
Noun- ochazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it
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