chanoyu

American  

[chah-naw-yoo] / ˈtʃɑ nɔˈyu /

noun

1. a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.

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Etymology

Origin of chanoyu

< Japanese, equivalent to cha tea + no (particle) + yu hot water

Example Sentences

IN 1906, THE YOKOHAMA-BORN scholar Okakura Kakuzo published “The Book of Tea,” a brief tract for Western readers on chanoyu, the centuries-old, highly ritualized Japanese tea ceremony.

From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2019

The commercialization of chanoyu illustrates a wider fact about Japan: namely that it is the best country in the world in which to study the impact of mass audiences on elite cultural forms.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ancient ritual of chanoyu takes place in a little teahouse beside a stony brook rimmed with flowers behind the Japanese pavilion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whisked with hot water to a bitter jade froth and served in coarse-looking, irregular bowls, it is the basis of chanoyu, the tea ceremony.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It is the room for the chanoyu, the tea-ceremony," said her cousin.

From Kimono by Paris, John