Home › Japanese › Glossary › tea
Japanese vocabulary · Beginner
How do you say "tea" in Japanese?
お茶
o cha
In Japanese, "tea" is お茶 (o cha).
Listen to the pronunciation:
Free Japanese learning game. No sign-up, play in browser. See all games
Pronunciation
O cha starts with the honorific 'o' then a crisp 'cha', so say it as two short beats, 'oh-cha'.
Writing and usage
お茶 is written using kanji. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
彼女は熱いお茶を注いだ。
kanojo ha atsui o cha wo sosoi da.
She poured a cup of hot tea.
Test your Japanese knowledge in our free browser games.
How to remember お茶
O cha sounds like saying 'oh, cha!' with delight the moment a warm cup is handed to you.
Related words
- soup スープ suupu
- stew シチュー shichuu
- salad サラダ sarada
- pasta パスタ pasuta
- noodle 麺 men
- dumpling 餃子 gyouza
- sausage ソーセージ sooseeji
- bacon ベーコン beekon
- ham ハム hamu
Browse all Japanese words in the glossary.
Questions about お茶
How do you pronounce お茶?
O cha starts with the honorific 'o' then a crisp 'cha', so say it as two short beats, 'oh-cha'.
Is お茶 formal or casual?
お茶 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is お茶 written in Japanese?
お茶 is written using kanji. Romanised, it reads as o cha.
Where can I practice Japanese words for free?
You can play free Japanese minigames in your browser on the Noun Town online games page, with no sign-up needed. Every word in the Japanese glossary also has native audio and an example sentence you can revisit any time.
"Tea" in other languages
Curated by Callan Ratcliffe
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation. Want to play the full game? Get Noun Town on Steam.
Noun Town on PC, Mac & VR
These browser games are just a taste. The full Noun Town is a bigger, deeper 3D world: explore a living town, talk to its characters and learn thousands of words in immersive VR, Mixed Reality, or on your computer. It's an award-winning game with 590+ reviews on Steam and 12 languages to learn.
See the full game ▶Spot an error? Email us at contact@noun.town