shōchū

See also: shochu

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū しょうちゅう), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin 燒酒 (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Mandarin shāojiǔ 烧酒, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Korean soju ), from 燒 ("burn", "flammable") + 酒 ("alcohol").

Noun

shōchū (uncountable)

1. A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.

Anagrams

• choush

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Japanese

Romanization

shōchū

1. Rōmaji transcription of しょうちゅう