洋酒(ようしゅ)

ようしゅ
noun
Western liquor; imported spirits
foodleisure
1. Western liquor; imported spirits
Alcoholic drinks of Western origin, such as whisky, wine, and brandy, as distinguished from sake and other traditional Japanese drinks.
父(ちち)は洋酒(ようしゅ)が好(す)きだ。
My father likes Western liquor.
その店(みせ)は珍(めずら)しい洋酒(ようしゅ)をそろえている。
That shop stocks rare Western liquors.
贈(おく)り物(もの)として、有名(ゆうめい)な銘柄(めいがら)の洋酒(ようしゅ)を一本(いっぽん)選(えら)んだ。
As a gift, I picked out a bottle of a famous brand of Western liquor.

A collective term for Western-style alcoholic drinks — whisky, wine, brandy, liqueurs, and so on — contrasted with 日本酒(にほんしゅ) and other traditional Japanese drinks.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 和酒(わしゅ): Japanese alcoholic drinks — the contrasting category
  • 地酒(じざけ): local sake — sake brewed by a regional brewery

Related Words

Compare: 地酒(じざけ) (local sake)
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Added 2026.5.19 13:03 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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