Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shochu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: shochu
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lightly flavored shochus, like the barley-based Iichiko, are good mixed with soda water made on the premises with fresh lemon or in a cocktail like the Natsushima […]"

Etymology

From Japanese 焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう) (shōchū), from Middle Chinese 燒酒 (syew tsjuw^X), from 燒 /烧 (shāo, “burn; flammable”) + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”). Compare Mandarin 烧酒 (shāojiǔ), and Korean 소주 (soju). Doublet of shaojiu and soju.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 燒酒

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

shochus (plural) shōchū (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

sake awamori

Questions

What does shochu mean?: 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.
Where does shochu come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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