Word Meaning 番茶も出花

ばんちゃもでばな bancha mo debana

番茶も出花 is read as ばんちゃもでばな (bancha mo debana) and means even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth.

Meaning

English

  1. even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth
  2. even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed

Reading

Kana

ばんちゃもでばな

Romaji

bancha mo debana

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 106631 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

鬼も十八番茶も出花

おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

番茶

ばんちゃ

coarse tea

出花

でばな

first brew of tea

山茶花

さんざか

sasanqua (Camellia sasanqua)

茶花

ちゃばな

seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony

出番

でばん

one's turn

茶番

ちゃばん

person who serves tea

一番出世

いちばんしゅっせ

newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo

二番出世

にばんしゅっせ

newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo

三番出世

さんばんしゅっせ

newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo

一番茶

いちばんちゃ

first-grade tea (first picking)

茶番的

ちゃばんてき

farcical