濁り酒

Japanese

Kanji in this term
濁 酒
にご
Grade: S 		さけ > ざけ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
濁酒

Etymology

From 濁(にご)り (nigori, “muddy, unclean, impure”) + 酒(さけ) (sake, “alcohol, especially sake”). The sake changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) にごりざけ [nìgóríꜜzàkè] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iɡo̞ɾʲiza̠ke̞]

Noun

濁(にご)り酒(ざけ) • (nigorizake) 

  1. unstrained, unfiltered, or cloudy wine or liquor, especially sake (Japanese rice wine)

References

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