日本酒|にほんしゅnihonshu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsake (rice wine); saké
   うっ！日本酒にほんしゅが効きいてきた。視点してんがあわなくてまっすぐ歩あるけない。↗

   Whoo! I'm feeling that sake. I'm getting blurred vision and I can't walk straight.

• Synonym酒さけNeutralThe plain word for alcohol of any kind; in a narrow sense it can also mean sake. 「日本酒」 unambiguously names the rice wine.
• Synonym清酒せいしゅWrittenWritten term: the official name for refined, filtered sake under the liquor tax law. 「日本酒」 is the everyday word.
• Synonym御酒ごしゅFormalFormal honorific for 「酒」; also used for sake offered before the gods. 「日本酒」, by contrast, names a category of alcoholic drink.
• Synonymお酒おさけNeutralPolite everyday word covering alcohol of any kind; 「日本酒」 refers specifically to sake, the rice wine.
• Synonym和酒わしゅWrittenWritten term for traditional Japanese alcohol, contrasted with 「洋酒」; it covers sake plus shōchū and fruit wines, while 「日本酒」 mainly means sake.
• Synonym般若湯はんにゃとうNeutralA cant word for alcohol used by Buddhist monks, now often said humorously. 「日本酒」 is the ordinary name for the drink.
• Relatedお神酒おみきFormalFormal word for sake offered to the Shinto gods; it can also be used jokingly of drinking. 「日本酒」 simply names a kind of alcoholic drink.
• Related神酒しんしゅWrittenWritten word for sake offered to the gods. 「日本酒」 is the general name for the drink itself, as one category of alcohol.
• Antonym洋酒ようしゅNeutralWestern liquor such as whisky and brandy; it stands opposite 「日本酒」 as a category of alcohol.

Use 「日本酒」 for Japanese rice wine in everyday speech. Say 「お酒」 or 「酒」 for alcohol in general, 「清酒」 in written or legal contexts, 「和酒」 in writing for traditional Japanese drinks broadly, 「お神酒」/「神酒」 for sake offered to the gods, and 「洋酒」 for Western liquor.

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1. 日本にっぽん特有とくゆうの醸造じょうぞう法ほうで作つくった酒さけ。特とくに清酒せいしゅ。