茶漬け

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: In 茶漬け (ちゃづけ), tea 茶 and soaking 漬け combine to denote rice with tea.
• Basic usage: 茶漬け is a dish of rice served with tea or broth poured over it.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Rice served with tea or broth
  • Predicates after 茶漬けを include eating or making it; the word denotes neither the drink nor plain rice alone.