"shōchū" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū しょうちゅう), from Mandarin 燒酒 (compare Mandarin shāojiǔ 烧酒, Korean soju ), from 燒 ("burn", "flammable") + 酒 ("alcohol"). Doublet of soju. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|ko|-}} Korean, {{doublet|en|soju}} Doublet of soju Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-shōchū-en-noun-hmP~~IJx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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