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sake
Japanese rice wine.
酒 means both Japanese sake (rice wine) and alcohol in general.
TYPES OF ALCOHOL:
- 日本酒: Japanese sake (rice wine)
- 焼酎: shochu (distilled spirit)
- 梅酒: plum wine
- 洋酒: Western liquor
- ビール: beer
SAKE SERVING STYLES:
- 熱燗: hot sake
- 冷や: room temperature sake
- 冷酒: chilled sake
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 酒を飲む: to drink alcohol
- 酒に強い: can hold one's liquor
- 酒に弱い: can't hold one's liquor
- 居酒屋: izakaya (Japanese pub)