Sake

Sake (?; pronounced {{IPA2|s?.k?}} "SAH-KEH" in Japanese, but often {{IPA2|'s??ki}} "SAH-ki" by English speakers) is a Japanese alcoholic beverage, brewed from rice.

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Japanese - English - Japanese - Alcoholic beverage - Brewed - Rice

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In Japan, the word simply means alcoholic beverage, and regionally, it can take on more specific meanings. In Southern Kyushu, sake can refer to a distilled beverage, potato shochu (imo-jochu ???). sh?chu means distilled spirit. In Okinawa, sake refers to sh?chu made from sugar cane. On the other hand sake can also mean Okinawa's other distilled beverages, awamori (??), literally "bubble top", or k?s?, literally "old drink". These latter forms of sake are distilled from long-grain rice and kurok?ji (??) which means black koji. The rice wine known in the west as "sake" is called nihonshu (???) "Japanese alcohol" in Japanese.

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Kyushu - Distilled - Potato - Shochu - Sugar cane - Awamori - Japanese

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The Chinese character ? is used with the same meaning (alcohol) in Chinese, and is pronounced {{Unicode|ji?}} in Standard Mandarin.

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Chinese character - Chinese - Standard Mandarin

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