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In Japanese, brown is called 茶色 "chairo". This means "the color of tea.
However, the most common tea in Japan is green tea, and when Japanese people think of tea, they think of green.
For example, Japanese people use matcha green tea in various sweets, and the package design of many such products is based on the color green.
However, 茶色 "chairo," meaning the color of tea, is brown.
Kanji characters are useful ideographs, but often there is a disconnect between the literal meaning and the practical meaning, leading to confusion.
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