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    3. 日本酒

    日本酒

    日に本ほん酒しゅ

    sake (rice wine)

    KMT6News #11+1CoreNounFood & DiningCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    にほんしゅ

    Noun

    1.
    sake (rice wine), saké

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    私わたしは日に本ほん酒しゅが好すきです。

    I like sake.

    KMT4Food & Dining
    夕ゆう食しょくに日に本ほん酒しゅを飲のんだ。

    I drank sake with dinner.

    KMT6Food & DiningDaily Life
    刺さし身みには冷つめたい日に本ほん酒しゅがよく合あう。

    Cold sake pairs well with sashimi.

    KMT6Food & Dining
    この日に本ほん酒しゅは、米こめの旨うま味みが凝ぎょう縮しゅくされた逸いっ品ぴんだ。

    This sake is an excellent product with the concentrated umami of rice.

    KMT7Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    日に本ほん酒しゅは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな文ぶん化かを象しょう徴ちょうする飲のみ物もの一のつだ。

    Sake is one of the beverages that symbolize traditional Japanese culture.

    KMT7Culture & TraditionsFood & Dining

    Kanji that make up this word

    日
    ひ・-び・-か…(14)
    day・sun・Japan・counter for days
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    酒
    さけ・さか-…(4)
    sake・alcohol
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