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Japanese tea (typically green tea); Japanese-style green tea
Tea produced and prepared in the Japanese style — almost always green tea (緑茶), in contrast to Chinese tea (中国茶) or black tea (紅茶).
日本茶を飲んだ。
I drank some Japanese tea.
日本茶は紅茶と違って発酵させない。
Unlike black tea, Japanese tea is not fermented.
駅前に新しくおしゃれな日本茶カフェができた。
A new stylish Japanese tea café has opened in front of the station.
Compound of 日本 (Japan) + 茶 (tea). The word marks tea as Japanese-style in contrast to other tea traditions; in everyday speech among Japanese speakers, plain お茶 usually already means this.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 日本茶を淹れる: to brew Japanese tea
- 日本茶カフェ: Japanese tea café
- 日本茶専門店: specialty Japanese tea shop
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 緑茶: green tea — the type; nearly all 日本茶 is 緑茶
- 紅茶: black tea — contrasted with 日本茶
- 中国茶: Chinese tea — contrasted with 日本茶
- お茶: tea (general) — in domestic contexts usually refers to 日本茶 by default