Kanji 酒 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 3

焼酒

ソジュ

soju

紹興酒

しょうこうしゅ

Shaoxing wine

上酒

じょうしゅ

high-class sake

蒸留酒

じょうりゅうしゅ

distilled liquor

醸造酒

じょうぞうしゅ

brewage

食後酒

しょくごしゅ

digestif

食前酒

しょくぜんしゅ

aperitif

食中酒

しょくちゅうしゅ

alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

寝酒

ねざけ

nightcap

振る舞い酒

ふるまいざけ

sake offered to someone

新しい酒は古い革袋に入れる

あたらしいさけはふるいかわぶくろにいれる

to put new wine into old wineskins

深酒

ふかざけ

heavy drinking

神酒

しんしゅ

sacred wine

辛口の酒

からくちのさけ

dry sake

生酒

なまざけ

unpasteurized sake

生酒

きざけ

pure sake

生姜酒

しょうがざけ

warm sake with grated ginger (effective against colds)

青島ビール

チンタオビール

Tsingtao Beer

赤きは酒の咎

あかきはさけのとが

it's not my fault

赤葡萄酒

あかぶどうしゅ

red wine

節酒

せっしゅ

moderation in drinking

雪見酒

ゆきみざけ

sake drunk while viewing a snowy scene

粗酒

そしゅ

sake (implied to be low-grade)

粗酒粗肴

そしゅそこう

cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest)

増醸酒

ぞうじょうしゅ

zōjōshu

造酒

ぞうしゅ

sake brewing

駄洒落

だじゃれ

feeble joke

大酒

おおざけ

heavy drinking

大酒飲み

おおざけのみ

heavy drinker

濁り酒

にごりざけ

unrefined sake

濁酒

どぶろく

doburoku (unrefined sake)

樽酒

たるざけ

sake that has been kept in a wooden cask

断酒

だんしゅ

abstinence from alcohol

茶屋酒

ちゃやざけ

liquor consumed in a teahouse

中国酒

ちゅうごくしゅ

Chinese alcohol

朝酒

あさざけ

a morning drink (of sake)

斗酒

としゅ

kegs of sake

斗酒なお辞せず

としゅなおじせず

being ready to drink sake by the keg

特級酒

とっきゅうしゅ

highest or finest quality sake

毒酒

どくしゅ

poisoned sake

二級酒

にきゅうしゅ

second-grade alcohol

日本酒度

にほんしゅど

sake meter value

年酒

ねんしゅ

drinks to celebrate the New Year (sake, wine, etc.)

馬乳酒

ばにゅうしゅ

kumis (fermented mare's milk)

白酒

パイチュウ

baijiu (distilled Chinese alcohol, made from fermented grains)

白酒

しろき

white sake (presented as an offering to the gods)

白酒

しろざけ

doburoku (unrefined sake)

白葡萄酒

しろぶどうしゅ

white wine

麦酒

ばくしゅ

beer

発泡酒

はっぽうしゅ

happōshu

発泡性酒類

はっぽうせいしゅるい

carbonated alcohols

罰酒

ばっしゅ

alcohol drunk as a punishment (for arriving late, losing a game, etc.)

美酒に酔う

びしゅによう

to enjoy a good drink (esp. celebrating victory)

美酒佳肴

びしゅかこう

fine wines and prized delicacies

不飲酒戒

ふおんじゅかい

Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

蜂蜜酒

はちみつしゅ

mead

本醸造酒

ほんじょうぞうしゅ

sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne

未成年者飲酒禁止法

みせいねんしゃいんしゅきんしほう

Minor Drinking Prohibition Act

密造酒

みつぞうしゅ

illicitly brewed liquor

銘酒

めいしゅ

famous brand of sake

銘酒屋

めいしゅや

seller of high-quality sake

夜酒

よざけ

nightcap

薬酒

やくしゅ

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

薬味酒

やくみしゅ

medicinal drink made from plants steeped in mirin

薬用酒

やくようしゅ

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

絡み酒

からみざけ

drunken interaction (usu. unpleasant)

乱酒

らんしゅ

drunken spree or frenzy

卵酒

たまござけ

hot sake with beaten egg and sugar

利酒師

ききさけし

master of sake

梨酒

なししゅ

pear cider

料理酒

りょうりしゅ

cooking sake

良酒

りょうしゅ

good wine

緑酒

りょくしゅ

green or sweet wine

冷や酒と親の意見は後できく

ひやざけとおやのいけんはあとできく

you will appreciate your parents' advice as you grow older, just as it takes time to feel the effects of unwarmed sake

冷酒

ひやざけ

cold sake

老酒

ろうしゅ

fermented Chinese alcoholic beverage (esp. Shaoxing wine)

和酒

わしゅ

traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine)

漿を乞いて酒を得る

しょうをこいてさけをうる

to get more than one requests

燗酒

かんざけ

warmed sake

葷酒

くんしゅ

pungent vegetables (e.g. garlic or Chinese chives) and alcohol

葷酒山門に入るを許さず

くんしゅさんもんにいるをゆるさず

bringing pungent vegetables or liquor inside the temple is prohibited