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  • noun A traditional Japanese tea ceremony in which matcha is prepared and presented.

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  • noun an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese cha no yu : cha, tea (from a Chinese source, perhaps Early Mandarin h, also the source of Mandarin chá, from Middle Chinese drεʽ, perhaps ultimately a borrowing of a word in a Tibeto-Burman language of southwest China derived from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *la, leaf, also the source of Burmese lə- in lə-phak, tea) + no, possessive particle + yu, hot water.]

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Japanese 茶の湯

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