"shochu" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shochus [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū しょうちゅう), from Mandarin 燒酒 (compare Mandarin shāojiǔ 烧酒, Korean soju 소주), from 燒 ("burn", "flammable") + 酒 ("alcohol"). Doublet of shaojiu and soju. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|焼酎}} Japanese 焼酎, {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{cog|ko|-}} Korean, {{doublet|en|shaojiu|soju}} Doublet of shaojiu and soju Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s}} shochu (countable and uncountable, plural shochus)
  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: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Distilled beverages Related terms: sake, awamori
    Sense id: en-shochu-en-noun-hmP~~IJx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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