"ちゃ" meaning in Japanese

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "ちゃ • (cha)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "syllable",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The hiragana syllable ちゃ (cha). Its equivalent in katakana is チャ (cha)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ちゃ-ja-syllable-~hYDbl4n",
      "links": [
        [
          "ちゃ",
          "ちゃ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "チャ",
          "チャ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃ"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "/te wa/ → */tɣa/ → /tɨa/ → /t͡ɕa/",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃ • (cha)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-te wa",
          "word": "ては"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When our customers come, we won't keep them waiting, sir.",
          "ref": "1813, Shikitei Sanba, Kokkeibon (滑稽本), Ukiyodoko (浮世床): part 1 (初)",
          "roman": "O-kyaku ga kuryā, matashicha oke yasen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "客",
              "きゃく"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "また"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "おけ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お客が来りゃア、待しちゃ置やせん"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of ては (-te wa)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ちゃ-ja-conj-dIyVyemN",
      "links": [
        [
          "ては",
          "ては#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Contraction of ては (-te wa)"
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "colloquial",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃ"
}

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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese syllables",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "syllable"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃ • (cha)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "syllable",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The hiragana syllable ちゃ (cha). Its equivalent in katakana is チャ (cha)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ちゃ",
          "ちゃ#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "チャ",
          "チャ#Japanese"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese conjunctions",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "茶"
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃ"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese conjunctions",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "/te wa/ → */tɣa/ → /tɨa/ → /t͡ɕa/",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "conjunction"
      },
      "expansion": "ちゃ • (cha)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-te wa",
          "word": "ては"
        }
      ],
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        "Japanese colloquialisms",
        "Japanese contractions",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "When our customers come, we won't keep them waiting, sir.",
          "ref": "1813, Shikitei Sanba, Kokkeibon (滑稽本), Ukiyodoko (浮世床): part 1 (初)",
          "roman": "O-kyaku ga kuryā, matashicha oke yasen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "客",
              "きゃく"
            ],
            [
              "来",
              "く"
            ],
            [
              "待",
              "また"
            ],
            [
              "置",
              "おけ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お客が来りゃア、待しちゃ置やせん"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Contraction of ては (-te wa)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ては",
          "ては#Japanese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Contraction of ては (-te wa)"
      ],
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "colloquial",
        "contraction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ɕa̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ちゃ"
}