Word Meaning 純米吟醸酒

じゅんまいぎんじょうしゅ jummaiginjoushu

純米吟醸酒 is read as じゅんまいぎんじょうしゅ (jummaiginjoushu) and means ginjō sake with no added alcohol.

Meaning

English

  1. ginjō sake with no added alcohol
  2. junmai ginjō sake

Reading

Kana

じゅんまいぎんじょうしゅ

Romaji

jummaiginjoushu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 53 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 134040 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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純米酒

じゅんまいしゅ

junmai sake (sake in which the only ingredients are rice and yeast)

吟醸酒

ぎんじょうしゅ

ginjō sake

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

増醸酒

ぞうじょうしゅ

zōjōshu

醸造酒

じょうぞうしゅ

brewage

純米

じゅんまい

(of sake, vinegar, etc) made from only rice, kōji, and water

大吟醸

だいぎんじょう

top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less

吟醸

ぎんじょう

ginjō sake

酒造米

しゅぞうまい

rice for sake brewing

酒米

さかごめ

brewer's rice

純粋

じゅんすい

pure

純益

じゅんえき

clear profit