Sake (General) Terms

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

good flavor (flavour); good taste; deliciousness

umami (fifth category of taste, corresponding to the flavour of glutamates)

skill

profit

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'

special

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

chief brewer at a sake brewery (after name of sake's alleged inventor)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

sake brewing

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

new brew of sake

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

good taste; astringency; refinement

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

refined sake

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

ratio indicating the quantity of polished rice gained from a given quantity of brown rice (nowadays usually expressed as a percent)

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

sake brewery

wine cellar

bar; bar-room

nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a prefix

raw; uncooked; fresh

natural; unedited; unprocessed; crude

unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom)

live (i.e. not recorded)

inexperienced; unpolished; green

impudence; sauciness

unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer

prefix

partially; somewhat; half-; semi-

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

yeast mash

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

main fermenting mash (in production of sake or soy sauce); unrefined sake or soy sauce

noun or verb acting prenominally

unrefined; rough

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

keeper of imperial archives

worker at a sake brewery

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

sake brewer; warehouse overseer