As it is said 'Soeki's secrets are kohita, taketa, wabita (subtle taste), ureta (sorrow), toketa, hanayakani (floridly), monoshiri (knowledgeable), sakusha (author), hanagurumani (flower car), and tsuyoku (powerful); and those who mastered in these ten secrets are taken as qualified, but five of them are not for the beginners,' 'wabita' was only one of the numerous key words used in tea ceremony; it is not a stage at which a beginner should aim, rather, it was assumed a stage that was able to be aimed at for the first time with the tea worn to the learning body in general.
「宗易愚拙ニ密伝‥、コヒタ、タケタ、侘タ、愁タ、トウケタ、花ヤカニ、物知、作者、花車ニ、ツヨク、右十ヶ条ノ内、能意得タル仁ヲ上手ト云、但口五ヶ条ハ悪シ業初心ト如何」とあるから｢侘タ」は、数ある茶の湯のキーワードの一つに過ぎなかったし、初心者が目指すべき境地ではなく一通り茶を習い身に着けて初めて目指しうる境地とされていた。