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The word shōchū is the Japanese rendition of the Chinese shaojiu (燒酒), meaning "burned liquor", which refers to the heating process during distillation. [2] The Chinese way of writing shaojiu with the character 酒 means sake in modern Japanese, which writes shōchū using the character 酎 instead.
Sake bottle, Japan, c. 1740 Sake barrel offerings at the Shinto shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Kamakura Sake, saké (酒, sake, / ˈ s ɑː k i, ˈ s æ k eɪ / SAH-kee, SAK-ay [4] [5]), or saki, [6] also referred to as Japanese rice wine, [7] is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran.
It is sometimes used to accompany sushi. Mirin is also an ingredient in other sauces: Kabayaki (grilled eel) sauce: mirin, soy sauce, sake, sugar, fish bone (optional) [12] Nikiri mirin sauce: soy sauce, dashi, mirin, sake, in a ratio of 10:2:1:1; Sushi su (sushi rice vinaigrette): rice wine vinegar, sugar, nikiri mirin sauce; Teriyaki sauce [6]
This 1916 advertisement distinguishes the list price and a lower our special price.. The list price, also known as the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP), or the recommended retail price (RRP), or the suggested retail price (SRP) of a product is the price at which its manufacturer notionally recommends that a retailer sell the product.
Undiluted sake. Most sake is diluted with water after brewing to lower the alcohol content from 18–20% down to 14–16%, but genshu is not. Ginjō-shu 吟醸酒 Special brew sake made from rice polished to 60% or less and fermented at low temperature Gomi 五味 The five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter)
A set of 20 bottles of Maotai (Moutai) produced in 1998 has an estimated price range of HK$195,000–293,000 (US$25,000–37,600) in an auction in Hong Kong in 2017.
Soju (English pronunciation: / ˈ s oʊ dʒ uː /; Korean: 소주; Hanja: 燒酒) is a clear and colorless distilled alcoholic beverage, [1] [2] [3] traditionally made from rice, but later from other grains and has a flavor similar to vodka. [4]
Hara hachi bun me (腹八分目) (also spelled hara hachi bu, and sometimes misspelled hari hachi bu) is a Confucian [1] teaching that instructs people to eat until they are 80 percent full. [2] The Japanese phrase translates to "Eat until you are eight parts (out of ten) full", [ 2 ] or "belly 80 percent full". [ 3 ]