小酒

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Chinese

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small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
alcoholic drink
trad. (小酒)
simp. #(小酒)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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小酒

  1. quiet drink (of alcohol)
    小酒小酒  ―  Tā ài hē ge xiǎojiǔ.  ―  He likes a quiet drink.
  2. (literary) light wine that is made in a short fermentation period
  3. (regional) vinegar

Synonyms

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  • (vinegar):

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さけ > ざけ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さけ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Compound of (ko, small, little) +‎ (sake, alcohol, alcoholic beverage; sake). Appears from the early 1800s, with apparent free variation in the unvoiced reading kosake and the voiced, rendaku reading kozake.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(さけ) or ()(ざけ) (kosake or kozake

  1. a small amount of alcohol
  2. a small drink of an alcoholic beverage

Proper noun

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()(さけ) (Kosake

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さか > ざか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
さか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Compound of (ko, small, little) +‎ (saka, alcohol, alcoholic beverage; sake, the ancient compounding form).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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()(さか) or ()(ざか) (Kosaka or Kozaka

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN