vocab Flashcards
Futsu-shu
Basic Sake
Nihonshu-do
日本酒度
Yamahai
山廢
yama-oroshi-haishi-moto
glutinous
adj. 黏性的
spore
n. 孢子
Nama-chozo (namechozo)
生貯藏
inoculation
n. 接種
Genshu
原酒
Yamada-nishiki
山田錦
tokubetsu
特別
naka-gumi
中汲み
same as 中取り naka-dori
arabashiri
荒走り
首先榨出的酒液
kome
米
sō-haze
n. 総破精
1. Kōji with high levels of mould growth
2. the kind of koji where growth is deep in an inwards direction as well as across the surface of the grain
tokutei-meisho-shu
特定名称酒 or premium sake
Koshu
古酒 - aged sake
Kijōshu
貴醸酒
masu
n. 木枡
Gohyakuman-goku
五百万石
Amino acid
胺基酸 - for umami in sake
Amakuchi
甘口
Tōji
n. 杜氏
head brewer(s)
kurabito
n. 蔵人
means brewery workers
coarsely
adv. 粗糙地
Honjozo
本醸造
sakabayashi
n. 酒林
same as sugidama 杉玉
kake (kake-mai)
掛米
jozo arukoru / jozo-alcohol
醸造アルコール
funa-shibori
槽搾
ears
n. 稻穗
The ears grow at the end of the long stems that rice plants grow. They contain flowers which once they have bloomed will turn into new grains of rice.
seedling
n. 幼苗
Tokubetsu
特別. e.g. Tokubetsu Junmai (特別純米)
SMV
Sake Meter Value = Nihonshudo - 日本酒度
bran
n. 糠
- made up of several layers
- lots of starch
- high level of proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals
ginjō-ka
吟醸香
when the yeast are put under stress, they produce chemicals that have distinct aromas including green apple and fresh banana.
Omachi
雄町
husk
n. 外殼
- hard, outter cover of the rice grain
- removed right after harvest
edible
adj. 可食用的
Taru-zake (taruzake)
樽酒 - sake has been matured in Japanese cedar barrels
naka-dori
中取り
荒走り 後,接著流出的酒
sugidama
n. 杉玉
a globe made with cedar needles
Nihon-shu
日本酒
hiya-oroshi
冷卸
ひや(HIYA) 一字可解為清涼,而 おろし(OROSHI)可解為推出市場的意思,總結來說就是「秋之季節清酒
sei-shu
清酒
Yabuda
自動壓搾機
san-do
酸度
Muroka
無濾過
crumbly
adj. 易碎的
endosperm
n. 胚乳
- the white layers underneath the bran
- high in starch
- with little proteins, lipids, vitamins, minerals. > much lesser than table rice.
kome kōji / kōji rice)
米麹
nihonshu-do
日本酒度
sieve
n. 篩子
daiginjo
大吟醸 - rice polish ration below 50%
to-bin gakoi
斗瓶 囲い
bottling that only uses the middle fitration fraction taken from a drip filtration
kimoto
生酛
shudo
酒度
Ki-ippon
生一本
This term refers to junmai-shu that is brewed entirely at one brewery (single site)
nama-zake (namazake)
生酒
Moromi
n. 醪 main mash
book: main fermentation
nama-zume
生詰
Miyama-nishiki
美山錦
granule
n. 顆粒
Dewa-sansan
出羽燦々
Nigori
濁り酒
kiki-choko
tasting cup - a 180ml opaque white porcelain cup with two concentric cobalt blue colour circles on the bottom.
germ
n. 胚芽
- this part of the grain will grow into new rice plant
- this is removed during polishing
tsuki-haze
Kōji with low levels of mould growth
The mould is mainly in the center of the grain
moto
same as shubo, means fermentation starter
deliberately
adj. 故意的
porridge
n. 粥
shinpaku
n. 心白
- the starchy core at the centre of the rice.
- looks opaque
- it’s missing in table rice
lipids
脂類 / 脂質
sokujō-moto (sokujō-shubo)
速醸-酒母
adding lactic acid directly to the fermentation starter
aruten
清酒中加入了酒精,是arukoru-tenka (alcohol addition)的简称
Seimai-buai
精米步合
deteriorate
vt. 惡化; 變壞
kōji
麹
tokkuri
n. 德利
- the sake-filled carafe
kasu-buai
粕步合
sake cake ratio
the ratio by weight of sakekasu to polished rice
Kobo
酵母
Indica
long grained rice subspecies of Asian rice.
Japonica
short grained subspecies of Asian rice.
mesh
n. 網;網孔
atsukan
adj. 熱燗
germinating
vt. 發芽
malting
vt. 成為麥芽 Malting is a controlled germination that converts raw grain into malt.
hops
n. 啤酒花藤
nama-juku
matured nama
compost
n. 堆肥
succinic acid
n. 琥珀酸
nuru-kan
溫燗 (40C)
- 温泉氤氲
“the warmth of a relaxing hot spring bath”
atsu-kan
熱燗 (50C)
- 暖透身心
“hot enough to warm body and soul”
kan-douko
n. 燗銅壺
a specific utensil for heating sake
one gō
一合, 180 mL
one sho
一升, 1800 ml
one koku
一石, 180 L.
abstain
vt. 避免
versatile
adj. 多才多藝的
MSG
Monosodium Glutamate
barley
n. 大麥
Oryzae sativa
n. 水稻
- the plant species commonly known as Asian rice
Shuzō kōteki mai
n. 酒造好適米
- sake-specific rice
peptile
n. 縮氨酸
sludge
n. 爛泥狀物質; 淤泥
manure
n. 糞肥; 肥料
toku-jo
特上
“Above special” grade of sake rice
amylose
n. 澱粉醣
the structure of how sugar is bind to the end of a starch molecule in a line
amylopectin
n. 支鏈澱粉
the structure of how sugar molecule is added to create a side branch to a starch molecule chain
unravel
vt. 解開
gelatinisation
n. 明膠化
change in the starch structure from tight balls to unravelled starch moledules.
dextrin
n. 葡聚糖
part of the branches in the starch molecule chain that cannot be cut up by the koji enzymes thus presented in the final sake
weeds
n. 野草
sow (pt.: sown)
vt. 播撒
abrasive
adj. 有研磨作用的
nuka
n. the rice powder removed during polishing
conveyer
n. 輸送帶
sake-kasu
n. 酒粕
rice particles and yeast cells in the liquid after fermentation
the solid cake left over after filtration
fukuro-Shibori
n. 袋吊り
shizuku
n. 酒袋
scavenge
vt. 搜尋
e. g. yeast scavenge oxygen during fermentation
assertive
adj. 肯定的
seme
n. 責め
the last fraction of sake in filtration
BSJ - The Brewing Society of Japan
BSJ supplied yeast used to most of the breweries.
NRIB - National Research Institute of Brewing
NRIB organises and shares technical skills to all breweries
kuramoto
n. 藏元
owner of the brewery
brown rice
newly harvest rice grains have husk removed
koji mould in Japanese
koji-kin
Aspergillus oryzae
= koji mould
koji-muro
= koji room
hinoki
Japanese cypress wood
hyphae
the feeding tubes of koji mould
nuri-haze
塗り破精
uneven koji mould growth due to the moisture level in the rice grain is too high.
hikikomi
Brining-in
cooling the rice and transfer to the koji room
tanekiri
Spreading the koji spores and initial mould growth
toko
large bed-like table in the koji room
kirikaeshi
re-breaking up
toko-koji
= bed koji
100 - 300kg/batch
hako-koji
= box koji
15 - 40 kg/batch
futa-koji
= tray koji
1.5 - 2.5kg/batch
Fushimi water
伏見 水
low mineral water in Fushimi, Kyoto
miya-mizu
宮水
mineral-rich, well water in Nada, Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
Saijo
西條市
Saijo, Hiroshima
kyokai kobo
Brewing Society Yeast
協會酵母
froth
n. 泡沫
Shizuoka prefecture
静岡県
prefectural yeast
bodai moto
菩提酛
yama-oroshi
山卸
pounding with poles or paddles when making kimoto
ko-on toka moto
高温糖化酒母
very high temperature
sandan-jikomi
三段仕込
hatsu-zoe
初添
first day of the sandan jikomi, 1/6 of the total volume
naka-zoe
仲添
day 3 of the sandan jikomi, 2/6 is added
ester
n. 酯
aroma substances
highly fruity or floral aromatic compounds
isoamyl acetate
aroma of banana
ethyl caproate
aromas of green apple or melon
molasses
n. 糖漿
fune
n. 槽
shizuku-zake
drip sake
hi-ire
火入れ
pasteurisation
hi-ochi kin
火落菌
a strain lactic acid bacteria
ja-kan
蛇管
snake tube
usu-nigori / sasa-nigori
nigori with small amount of lees
happ-oshu
sparkling sake
jukusei-shu
= koshu
matured sake
MOF
Ministry of Finance
chuokai
= the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association