chanoyu

cha·no·yu  (chänô-y)

n.

The Japanese tea ceremony, an ancient ritual for the preparation, serving, and drinking of tea.

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[Japanese : cha, tea (from Middle Chinese) + no, possessive particle + yu, hot water.]

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chanoyu - an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea tea ceremony ceremony - any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony" Nihon, Nippon, Japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building