Kombuchaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• komboucha

語源

Origin disputed. Possibly from Japanese 昆布茶 (konbucha, literally “kelp (konbu) tea”), a different type of beverage, and not related to fermentation.

Alternatively, derived from Kombu, reportedly a Korean physician who brought the fermented tea to Japan as a curative for Emperor Inkyo in 414 CE + cha (“tea”).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˌkɑmˈbu.t͡ʃə/, /ˌkɑmˈbu.ʃə/

名詞

kombucha (countable and uncountable, plural kombuchas)

1. A fermented, effervescent, and sweetened black tea of Mongolian origin.

   Synonym: (colloquial) booch

   Coordinate terms: kvass, jun

   • 2020, Chad Turner, The Joy of Home Brewing Kombucha‎, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     Kombucha is the primary focus of this book and arguably the most popular home ferment and aforementioned store-bought probiotic drink.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:kombucha.

派生語

関連する語

派生した語

• → Portuguese: kombucha
• → Spanish: kombucha

Further reading

• “kombucha”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “kombucha”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “kombucha”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.