乙類

乙類

Japanese

Kanji in this term
乙	類
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Alternative forms

• 焼酎乙類 (しょうちゅうおつるい) (shōchū otsurui)
• 乙類焼酎 (おつるいしょうちゅう) (otsurui shōchū)

Noun

乙類 (hiragana おつるい, rōmaji otsurui)

1. shochu produced by simple distillation; “type B” shochu
   • 2017 October 13, “Kōrui shōchū wa ‘mazui yasuzake’ to iu gokai Petto botoru datte umai [Kōrui shochu is misunderstood as ‘unsavory, cheap liquor’: Tasty even in plastic bottles]”, in Spa!‎:

     甲類 (こうるい)と乙類 (おつるい)は、2006年 (ねん)に呼 (よ)び名 (めい)が変 (か)わり、甲類 (こうるい)は連続式蒸留焼酎 (れんぞくしきじょうりゅうしょうちゅう)、乙類 (おつるい)は単式蒸留焼酎 (たんしきじょうりゅうしょうちゅう)となりました

     Kōrui to otsurui wa, 2006 nen ni yobi mei ga kawari, kōrui wa renzoku shiki jōryū shōchū, otsurui wa tanshiki jōryū shōchū to narimashita

     Kōrui and otsurui are the names adopted in 2006, kōrui for fractional distillation shochu, otsurui for simple distillation shochu

   • 2018 June 1 (last accessed) “Shōchū no chigai”, in Oenon‎:

     乙類 (おつるい)焼 (しょう)酎 (ちゅう)とは　単式蒸留機 (たんしきじょうりゅうき)による1～2度 (ど)の蒸 (じょう)留 (りゅう)により、麦 (むぎ)・芋 (いも)・米 (こめ)・そばなどさまざまな原 (げん)料 (りょう)からつくられます。

     Otsurui shōchū to wa Tanshiki jōryūki ni yoru 1~2 do no jōryū ni yori, mugi imo kome soba nado samazama na genryō kara tsukuraremasu.

     What is otsurui shochu? Distilled 1-2 times by means of simple distillation, it is produced from various ingredients—barley, potato, rice, buckwheat, etc.

Antonyms

• 甲類 (こうるい) (kōrui)