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  • noun 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.

Etymologies

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From Japanese 焼酎

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Examples

  • This means two things: seriously soggy people and homemade ume shu -- lumps of rock sugar and tart ume steeped in shochu -- and maybe ume boshi if you're a fanatical Japanese Martha Stewart type.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • This means two things: seriously soggy people and homemade ume shu -- lumps of rock sugar and tart ume steeped in shochu -- and maybe ume boshi if you're a fanatical Japanese Martha Stewart type.

    Slow Sweet Sips 2005

  • Anyone familiar with Korea hearing the word shochu will instantly think of soju, the Korean version of the same drink.

    With friends like this. . . » Japundit Blog 2005

  • Vacuum stills are used in Japan to distill shochu, which is a little stronger than wine.

    CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

  • Vacuum stills are used in Japan to distill shochu, which is a little stronger than wine.

    CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

  • Vacuum stills are used in Japan to distill shochu, which is a little stronger than wine.

    CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010

  • The house selection of sakes is skimpy, even by New York standards, but if you enjoy the popular Japanese rotgut called shochu, it comes in several potent varieties, made with sweet potatoes, barley, or rice.

    unknown title 2009

  • While shochu and liqueur (mostly chuhai aka shochu "alcopop") and wine grew over that period (and sake, whisky, and brandy actually declined significantly), there is still nothing approaching beer. happoshu came amid a major recession for the Japanese economy and the first instance of deflation for a developed economy in the postwar era.

    Mutantfrog Travelogue 2009

  • Another possibility is a drink called shochu; one variety of this beverage is made from fermented sweet potatoes.

    RVABlogs 2008

  • Another possibility is a drink called shochu; one variety of this beverage is made from fermented sweet potatoes.

    Comics Worth Reading 2008

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