How to say "malt" in Japanese

• 麹こうじCommon
  nounThis is 麹: mold grown on rice, barley, or beans, used as a starter in fermentation. 'Malt' is a loose gloss; choose it only for malted rice or for 麹 itself.
• 麦芽ばくがCommon
  no-adjectiveThe direct equivalent of malt: germinated grain, especially barley, used in brewing and in malted drinks. When you mean malt itself rather than 麹, this is the word.
  ビールは麦芽ばくがから醸造じょうぞうされる。↗

  Beer is brewed from malt.

Use 麦芽 for malt itself—germinated grain, as in brewing or malted drinks—and 麹 only for the mold-grown rice, barley, or beans used as a fermentation starter, which 'malt' fits only loosely.

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• 麹こうじkōji
• 麦芽ばくがmalt
• モルトmalt
• マルツmalt