"焼酎" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ːt͡ɕɨː] Forms: 焼酎 [canonical] (ruby: (しょう), (ちゅう)), shōchū [romanization], seutiu [romanization], せうちう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょうちゅう|hhira=せうちう}} 焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう) • (shōchū) ^(←せうちう (seutiu)?)
  1. shochu:
    distilled sake.
    Sense id: en-焼酎-ja-noun-1b1Qth8X
  2. shochu:
    a Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato, or rice
    Sense id: en-焼酎-ja-noun-g-EB1BwH Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 74 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 88 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 87 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 3 96 1 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 87 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 5 87 8
  3. shochu:
    Sense id: en-焼酎-ja-noun-DLsb9Rsj Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Distilled beverages Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 28 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 24 51 Disambiguation of Distilled beverages: 25 31 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 芋焼酎 (imo-jōchū) (ruby: 芋焼酎(いもじょうちゅう)) (english: sweet potato shochu), 米焼酎 (kome-jōchū) (ruby: 米焼酎(こめじょうちゅう)) (english: rice shochu), チューハイ (chūhai) (english: shochu highball, though commonly now made with neutral grain spirits) Related terms: 熱燗 (atsukan) (ruby: 熱燗(あつかん)), 冷酒 (reishu) (ruby: 冷酒(れいしゅ)), 泡盛 (awamori) (ruby: 泡盛(あわもり)) (english: Japanese rice whiskey), 日本酒 (nihonshu) (ruby: 日本酒(にほんしゅ)) (english: Japanese rice wine), 燗酒 (kanzake) (ruby: 燗酒(かんざけ)) (english: warmed sake), 清酒 (ruby: 清酒(せいしゅ), (にご), (ざけ)) (english: Japanese rice wine (clear sake, not 濁り酒 (nigorizake) or; sake); seishu, cloudy), 梅酒 (umeshu) (ruby: 梅酒(うめしゅ)) (english: apricot liquor)
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      "english": "sweet potato shochu",
      "roman": "imo-jōchū",
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          "いもじょうちゅう"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "rice shochu",
      "roman": "kome-jōchū",
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          "米焼酎",
          "こめじょうちゅう"
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      "roman": "chūhai",
      "word": "チューハイ"
    }
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      "form": "焼酎",
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          "しょう"
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          "酎",
          "ちゅう"
        ]
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    },
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      "form": "seutiu",
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      "form": "せうちう",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "泡盛",
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        ]
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "warmed sake",
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          "燗酒",
          "かんざけ"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        [
          "清酒",
          "せいしゅ"
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          "濁",
          "にご"
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          "酒",
          "ざけ"
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          "梅酒",
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      "other": "しょーちゅう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕo̞ːt͡ɕɨː]"
    }
  ],
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          "いもじょうちゅう"
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      "roman": "kome-jōchū",
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          "米焼酎",
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    {
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      "roman": "chūhai",
      "word": "チューハイ"
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      "english": "warmed sake",
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          "燗酒",
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          "清酒",
          "せいしゅ"
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}

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