茶碗(ちゃわん)

ちゃわん
noun
rice bowl
1. rice bowl
A bowl used for eating rice. Each family member typically has their own designated rice bowl.
茶碗(ちゃわん)を持(も)つ。
To hold a rice bowl.
この茶碗(ちゃわん)は私(わたし)のです。
This rice bowl is mine.
茶碗(ちゃわん)にご飯(はん)をよそってください。
Please serve rice into the bowl.
食(た)べ終(お)わったら茶碗(ちゃわん)を洗(あら)ってください。
Please wash the rice bowls when you finish eating.
日本(にほん)の家庭(かてい)では、家族(かぞく)それぞれが自分(じぶん)の茶碗(ちゃわん)を持(も)っていることが多(おお)いです。
In Japanese households, it's common for each family member to have their own rice bowl.
2. tea cup
Originally and still sometimes used to refer to a cup for drinking tea.
お茶(ちゃ)を茶碗(ちゃわん)に入(い)れる。
To pour tea into a tea cup.
茶道(さどう)で使(つか)う茶碗(ちゃわん)はとても高(たか)いです。
The tea bowls used in tea ceremony are very expensive.
この茶碗(ちゃわん)は百(ひゃく)年(ねん)前(まえ)に作(つく)られたものです。
This tea bowl was made a hundred years ago.
抹茶(まっちゃ)を点(た)てるには茶碗(ちゃわん)と茶筅(ちゃせん)が必要(ひつよう)です。
To make matcha, you need a tea bowl and a bamboo whisk.
祖母(そぼ)から譲(ゆず)り受(う)けた茶碗(ちゃわん)は、茶道(さどう)の名(めい)品(ひん)だと聞(き)きました。
I heard that the tea bowl I inherited from my grandmother is a famous piece in tea ceremony.

茶碗(ちゃわん) literally means 'tea bowl' (茶(ちゃ) + 碗(わん)), but in modern usage primarily means 'rice bowl.'

SENSE 1 - RICE BOWL (common):

The bowl used for eating rice at meals.

SENSE 2 - TEA BOWL (traditional):

Used in tea ceremony (茶道(さどう)).

CULTURAL NOTE:
In Japanese families, each person typically has their own designated rice bowl and chopsticks (箸(はし)). Using someone else's is considered impolite.

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