Illustration: At a small Kagoshima distillery's tasting counter, an adult host pours clear shochu from a plain bottle into a short glass containing a large ice cube. Beside the counter sits a basket of sweet potatoes, while distillation equipment is visible through an interior viewing window.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

焼しょう酎ちゅう

shouchuu

shochu, Japanese distilled spirit

Example sentences

  1. 焼酎しょうちゅうのお湯割ゆわりはいかが？

    How about shochu mixed with hot water?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私わたしたちはカラオケ・バーで焼酎しょうちゅうを飲のんだ。

    We drank shochu at the karaoke bar.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 焼酎しょうちゅうは、日本酒にほんしゅとは違ちがい、蒸留酒じょうりゅうしゅである。

    Shochu, unlike Japanese sake, is a distilled alcoholic beverage.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 焼酎

  • 焼bake; burningOnショウKunやく・やき・やき-
  • 酎sakeOnチュウ・チュKunかもす

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