濁り酒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
濁	酒
にご Grade: S	さけ > ざけ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
濁酒

Etymology

From 濁(にご)り (nigori, “muddy, unclean, impure”) + 酒(さけ) (sake, “alcohol, especially sake”). The sake changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɡo̞ɾʲiza̠ke̞]
• (Tokyo) にごりざけ [nìgóríꜜzàkè] (Nakadaka – [3])

Noun

濁(にご)り酒(ざけ) • (nigorizake) 

1. unstrained, unfiltered, or cloudy wine or liquor, especially sake (Japanese rice wine)

References

• “濁り酒”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026