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『お茶会に招かれて』　一期一会

My First Proper Tea Ceremony

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私は今日お母さんと一緒にお茶を体験します。
Today, I'll be experiencing tea together with my mother.
今日のお茶会は茶事と言って、
The tea ceremony today is called the tea gathering,
お茶の中の大切なところが全て入っている正式なものだそうです。
I am told that it's a formal matter that contains every important aspect of tea.
お茶はお薬と同じように、一服と数えるのだと分かりました。
I found out that, like medicine, tea is counted by "doses".
やっぱり少し苦いのは体にいいのかな。
I guess it's a little bitter (because) it's good for the body?
お母さんに聞いたら、「心にもいいのよ」って言ってました。
When I asked my mother, she said, "It's good for the heart too!"
私達のためだけのおもてなしって、どんなだろう？
Hospitality just for us - I wonder what kind (of hospitality) it is?
一期一会って、お母さんが言ってた。
Mother was saying it was a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
今日一日の出会いを大切にする、一日だけの劇場。
To cherish the encounters of the whole day today - a one-day-only theater.
ここが茶室への入り口、にじり口。
This is the entrance to the tearoom - the crawl-through entrance.
小さいから、中に入るにはどんな人も、頭を低くして入らないといけない。
Because it's tiny, in order to get inside, everyone has to lower their heads, no matter who they are.
みんな平等なんだ。
Everybody's equal.
炭を入れてくれる。
Charcoal is put in for us.
温かい空気に包まれる。
Being surrounded by a warm atmosphere.
これも大切なおもてなしの一つ。
This is also an important part of hospitality.
お香を入れる。
Incense is lit.
見えないけれど感じる、香りのおもてなし。
Aromatic hospitality that cannot be seen but sensed.
お茶事では、お茶を飲む前に食事をします。
In a tea gathering, food is eaten before the tea is drunk.
食事が終わるとお菓子が出てくる。
When the eating is done, desserts are served.
食べるのがもったいないくらいきれい。
It's almost too wasteful to eat something so pretty.
お菓子の後は、少し休憩。
After the snacks is a little bit of intermission.
お茶室の中では、次の場面への準備中。
In the tearoom, preparations for the next scene is in progress.
母さんが教えてくれた、「花は野にあるように」って。
Mother taught me that, "The flower is as if in the wild."
お道具を清める仕草。
The motion of purifying the equipment.
みんなの心まできれいになっていく。
Even everyone's heart is becoming clean.
お茶碗を回すのは、お茶碗の正面に口を付けないという謙虚な気持ちからだって。
Rotating the tea bowl is said to be from feelings of modesty to not put one's mouth on the front of the tea bowl!
今日一日だけのお茶事、そして心からのおもてなし、ありがとうございました。
Thank you very much for the tea gathering just for today, and your hospitality from the heart!

私は今日お母さんと一緒にお茶を体験します。

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

体験

Personal experience, physical experience, one''s own experience

一緒

Together; at the same time; same, identical

お母さん

Mother

お茶

Tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

私

I, me
今日のお茶会は茶事と言って、

会

Meeting, assembly, party; association, club

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

お茶

Tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

茶事

tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
お茶の中の大切なところが全て入っている正式なものだそうです。

全て

Everything, all, the whole; entirely, completely, wholly, all

正式

Due form, official, formality

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

お茶

Tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

大切

Important, necessary, indispensable; beloved, precious, dear, cherished, valuable; careful
お茶はお薬と同じように、一服と数えるのだと分かりました。

数える

To count, to enumerate

お茶

Tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

同じ

Same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike; (usu. part of a ''nara'' conditional) anyway, anyhow, in either case

薬

Medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe

分かり

Understanding, comprehension

一服

(a) dose, (a) puff, (a) smoke, lull, short rest
やっぱり少し苦いのは体にいいのかな。

苦い

Bitter

体

Appearance, air, condition, state, form

少し

Small quantity, little, few, something; little while; short distance
お母さんに聞いたら、「心にもいいのよ」って言ってました。

心

Mind, heart, spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

お母さん

Mother
私達のためだけのおもてなしって、どんなだろう？

どんな

What, what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

私

I, me

達

Pluralizing suffix (esp. for people & animals; formerly honorific)
一期一会って、お母さんが言ってた。

お母さん

Mother

一期一会

Once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such)
今日一日の出会いを大切にする、一日だけの劇場。

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

劇場

Theatre, theater, playhouse

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

出会い

Meeting, rendezvous, encounter; confluence

一

One; best; first, foremost; beginning, start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

大切

Important, necessary, indispensable; beloved, precious, dear, cherished, valuable; careful
ここが茶室への入り口、にじり口。

茶室

tearoom, tea house, tea-ceremony room, tea arbour, tea arbor
小さいから、中に入るにはどんな人も、頭を低くして入らないといけない。

どんな

What, what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

人

Person

入る

To enter, to go into; to break into; to join, to enroll; to contain, to hold, to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get, to receive, to score

頭

Counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)

小さい

Small, little, tiny

低く

Lowering, bringing down
みんな平等なんだ。

平等

Equality, impartiality, evenness
炭を入れてくれる。

入れ

Container, receptacle

炭

Charcoal; charred remains
温かい空気に包まれる。

空気

Air, atmosphere; mood, situation; someone with no presence, someone who doesn''t stand out at all
これも大切なおもてなしの一つ。

大切

Important, necessary, indispensable; beloved, precious, dear, cherished, valuable; careful

一つ

One; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")
お香を入れる。

入れる

To put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to set (a jewel, etc.), to ink in (e.g. a tattoo); to admit, to accept, to employ, to hire; to accept, to comply, to grant, to adopt (a policy, etc.), to take (advice, etc.), to listen to, to pay attention to; to include; to pay (one''s rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax), to call

香

Incense
見えないけれど感じる、香りのおもてなし。

香り

Aroma, fragrance, scent, smell

感じる

To feel, to sense, to experience
お茶事では、お茶を飲む前に食事をします。

食事

Meal; to eat

前

Ago, before (some event), previously, (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of), before (e.g. the house); head (of a line), front (e.g. of a bus), fore part; in the presence of; helping, portion; privates, private parts

お茶

Tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

飲む

To drink, to gulp, to swallow, to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf, to overwhelm; to keep down, to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of, to conceal

茶事

tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
食事が終わるとお菓子が出てくる。

食事

Meal; to eat

終わる

To finish, to end, to close

お菓子

Confections, sweets, candy

出

Coming out, emerging; being born into (a certain family), being a native of (a particular place)
食べるのがもったいないくらいきれい。

食べる

To eat; to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on

くらい

Approximately, about, around, or so; to (about) the extent that, (almost) enough that, so ... that ..., at least; as ... as ..., like
お菓子の後は、少し休憩。

後

After

休憩

Rest, break, recess, intermission

お菓子

Confections, sweets, candy

少し

Small quantity, little, few, something; little while; short distance
お茶室の中では、次の場面への準備中。

場面

Scene, setting (e.g. of novel)

準備

Preparation, setup, arrangements, provision, reserve

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

お茶

Tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

次

Next, following, subsequent; stage, station

室

Greenhouse, icehouse, cellar
母さんが教えてくれた、「花は野にあるように」って。

野

Plain, field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post

教え

Teaching, instruction, teachings, precept, lesson, doctrine

花

Flower, blossom, bloom, petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; japanese playing cards; (the) best

母さん

Mother; wife (used when speaking to or about one''s own wife)
お道具を清める仕草。

道具

Tool, implement, instrument, utensil, apparatus, device; means

仕草

Action, acting, gesture, bearing, treatment, behavior, behaviour

清める

to purify, to cleanse, to exorcise, to purge, to ward off
みんなの心まできれいになっていく。

心

Mind, heart, spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
お茶碗を回すのは、お茶碗の正面に口を付けないという謙虚な気持ちからだって。

気持ち

Feeling, sensation, mood; preparedness, readiness, attitude; thanks, solicitude, sympathy; just a little, somewhat, slightly

回す

To turn, to rotate, to gyrate; to circulate, to send around; to surround; to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers); ... around (e.g. to chase someone around); to dial (e.g. telephone number); to invest; to gang-rape

謙虚

Modesty, humility

正面

Front, frontage, facade, main

口

Mouth, speech; counter for people or implements

付け

Dated, date, fixed, external
今日一日だけのお茶事、そして心からのおもてなし、ありがとうございました。

日

Day, days; sun, sunshine, sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate), event

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

一

One; best; first, foremost; beginning, start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

心から

From the bottom of one''s heart, heart and soul, by nature

茶事

tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors

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