JLPT N3 · な-adjective

茶 (cha)

茶 (ちゃ, cha) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “tea”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちゃ
Romaji: cha
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

tea · noun
tea plant (Camellia sinensis) · noun
tea preparation; making tea · noun
brown · noun · abbreviation
mockery · noun, な-adjective · archaic

Example sentences

茶はインドで広く栽培されている。

Tea is widely grown in India.

Tatoeba #126623

その猫の一方は黒で、もう一方は茶だ。

One of the cats is black, the other is brown.

Tatoeba #207316

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 茶

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	茶だ	ちゃだ chada
Present (polite)	茶です	ちゃです chadesu
Negative	茶じゃない	ちゃじゃない chajanai
Past	茶だった	ちゃだった chadatta
Negative past	茶じゃなかった	ちゃじゃなかった chajanakatta
Te-form	茶で	ちゃで chade
Before a noun	茶な	ちゃな chana
Adverb (~ni)	茶に	ちゃに chani

Kanji in 茶

teaチャ・サ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 茶.

お茶おちゃtea (esp. green or barley)紅茶こうちゃblack tea茶色ちゃいろbrown茶碗ちゃわんrice bowl喫茶店きっさてんcoffee shop茶色いちゃいろいlight brown無茶むちゃabsurd茶の間ちゃのま(Japanese-style) living room茶の湯ちゃのゆtea ceremony無茶苦茶むちゃくちゃnonsensical焦げ茶こげちゃdark brown

Source: JMdict entry 1422570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.