山茶

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山茶

1. camellia

• 茶花 (cháhuā)
• 山茶花 (shāncháhuā)

• (Tokyo) さんちゃ [sàńchá] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [sã̠ɲ̟t͡ɕa̠]

山(さん)茶(ちゃ) or 山茶(サンチャ) • (sancha) 

1. a tea plant growing in the mountains
2. Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

• 山(サ)茶(ザン)花(カ) (sazanka, “Camellia sasanqua”)

• (Tokyo) つばき [tsúꜜbàkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨba̠kʲi]

山茶(つばき) or 山茶(ツバキ) • (tsubaki) 

1. alternative spelling of 椿 (tsubaki): Camellia japonica, a species of camellia

山茶(つばき) • (Tsubaki) 

1. a female given name

山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 茶(ちゃ) (cha, “tea”)^[2]

• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠t͡ɕa̠]

山茶(ヤマチャ) or 山(やま)茶(ちゃ) • (yamacha) 

1. wild-growing tea plants (Camellia sinensis)
   • 1979, Murai Yasuhiko, Cha no bunka shi [Cultural history of tea], page 2:

     そこでこれを茶(ちゃ)園(えん)での栽(さい)培(ばい)茶(ちゃ)に対(たい)して「山(やま)茶(ちゃ)」(ヤマチャとかな書(か)きすることが多(おお)い)と呼(よ)んでいる

     Soko de kore o chaen de no saibai cha ni taishite “yamacha”(yamacha toka na kaki suru koto ga ōi) to yonde-iru

     To contrast this with cultivated tea it is called ‘yama-cha’ (often written in katakana or the like)

   • 1992, Nakamura Yōichirō, Cha no minzoku gaku [The folklore of tea], page 50:

     三(さん)食(しょく)とも茶(ちゃ)粥(がゆ)という徹(てっ)底(てい)した地(ち)域(いき)が見(み)られるが、こうした茶(ちゃ)粥(がゆ)地(ち)帯(たい)は、ヤマチャが自(じ)生(せい)する範(はん)囲(い)に納(おさ)まる。

     Sanshoku to mo chagayu to iu tettei shita chiiki ga mirareru ga, kō shita chagayu chitai wa, yamacha ga jisei suru han'i ni osamaru.

     An area can be seen where tea porridge is eaten three times a day, but this tea-porridge region coincides with an area where tea grows wild.

山茶

1. chữ Hán form of Sơn Trà