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amazake

amazake noun: a traditional sweet nutritious low-alcohol drink from Japan, made from fermented rice.

Noun

amazake (uncountable)

  1. A traditional sweet nutritious low-alcohol drink from Japan, made from fermented rice.
    • Fermentation releases the rice's natural sugars, so amazake is a treat for the sweet tooth without any added sweeteners.1989 November, Drew DeSilver, Jan Gahala, “What is that stuff?”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 39

Forms of amazake

alternative formamasake

Origin of amazake

Borrowed from Japanese 甘酒 (amazake).

Questions about amazake

What does amazake mean?
Amazake means a traditional sweet nutritious low-alcohol drink from Japan, made from fermented rice.
What part of speech is amazake?
Amazake is a noun.

Words near amazake in the dictionary

  1. Amayah
  2. amayed
  3. amaying
  4. amays
  5. amaz'd
  6. amazake
  7. amaze
  8. amazeballs
  9. amazed
  10. amazedly
  11. amazedness

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