shochu

== English == === Alternative forms === shōchū === Etymology === From Japanese 焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう) (shōchū), from Middle Chinese 燒酒 (syew tsjuwX), from 燒 / 烧 (shāo, “burn; flammable”) + 酒 (jiǔ, “alcohol”). Compare Mandarin 烧酒 (shāojiǔ), and Korean 소주 (soju). Doublet of shaojiu and soju. === Noun === shochu (usually uncountable, plural shochus) A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake. 2022, Steve Reddicliffe, The New York Times Essential Book of Cocktails (Second Edition) (page 582) Lightly flavored shochus, like the barley-based Iichiko, are good mixed with soda water made on the premises with fresh lemon or in a cocktail like the Natsushima […] ==== See also ==== sake awamori === Further reading === shōchū on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === choush == Italian == === Etymology === From Japanese. === Noun === shochu m (invariable) shochu