Sake

Common name (Japanese 酒) in Europe for rice wine. The term sake is used in the Occident regardless of the origin of the product; the term "Japanese sake", however, is a protected term. In Japanese, the word sake (pronounced honourably as o-sake) only refers to seishu or nihonshu, i.e. rice wine, in a narrower sense. Sake is also a collective term for wine, beer and alcoholic drinks in general. Nihonshu is used colloquially, seishu is the technical term, so to speak. To avoid misunderstandings, these two terms should therefore be used. Despite the name, sake is much more like beer than wine, as the sugar must first be broken down for fermentation. Sake is still the national drink in Japan.

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