Etymology

bancha

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Today it means: A type of low-grade Japanese green tea. Full definition →

Japanese 番茶
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from番茶
  2. English todaybancha

Borrowed from Japanese 番茶 (bancha, literally “coarse tea”).

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