Sake             


Sake is the Japanese word that refers to all alcoholic beverages,
though it is referred to in English as a specific alcoholic beverage brewed from rice.
The following is a list of common sake in Japan.
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alcohol; liquor
sake    


sake (a Japanese alcoholic drink made from rice)
nihon-shu    

nihon: Japan, Japanese

ginjo-shu
ginjou-shu    


shochu (a distilled alcoholic beverage)
shouchuu    


chuhai (shochu highball; usually flavored with fruit or soda)
chuu-hai    


ume-shu (a Japanese liqueur made
from ume fruits, sugar and shochu)

ume-shu    


happo-shu (low-malt beer; a Japanese beer-like beverage )
happou-shu    



Sake, photo courtesy of Mr. M