gyokuro
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 玉露 (literally “jade dew”).
Noun[edit]
gyokuro (uncountable)
- A kind of green tea from Japan, differing from sencha in being grown in the shade.
- 2020 January 2, Thomas Chatterton Williams, “The Best of Japanese Dining and Design, Under One Parisian Roof”, in The New York Times[1]:
- The adjacent tea shop will have its own roaster and a counter of copper-topped black stone […] where guests can choose between rare green varieties such as hojicha and gyokuro.
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
gyokuro