セルツァー

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English seltzer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [se̞ɾɯ̟t͡sa̠ː]

Noun

セルツァー • (serutsā) 

1. seltzer
   • 2015 June 17, Chelsey Dulaney, “‘Baburu’ ni nore: Beikoku de tansansui ninki ga fukkatsu [Riding the ‘bubble’: Sparkling water resumes popularity in U.S.]”, in Wall Street Journal (Japanese edition)‎^[1]:

     1(いっ)世(せい)紀(き)前(まえ)にガラス瓶入(びんい)りの炭(たん)酸(さん)水(すい)を売(う)っていたセルツァー（炭(たん)酸(さん)水(すい)）の関(かん)係(けい)者(しゃ)なら、信(しん)じられないだろう。炭(たん)酸(さん)水(すい)の売(う)り上(あ)げが今(いま)、爆(ばく)発(はつ)的(てき)に増(ふ)えているのだ。

     Isseiki mae ni garasu bin iri no tansansui o utteita serutsā (tansansui) no kankeisha nara, shinjirarenai darō. Tansansui no uriage ga ima, bakuhatsuteki ni fueteiru no da.

     The people who sold seltzer (sparkling water) in glass bottles a century ago would not believe it. Sales of sparkling water now are increasing explosively.

   • 2020 September 30, “Coca-Cola, Bei de arukōru inryō ni sai-sannyū 38-nen buri [Coca-Cola, returning to U.S. alcoholic beverage market after 38 years]”, in Nihon Keizai Shimbun‎^[2]:

     コカ・コーラは17(じゅうなな)年(ねん)にハードセルツァー製(せい)造(ぞう)のトポ・チコを2(に)億(おく)2000(にせん)万(まん)ドル（約(やく)230(にひゃくさんじゅう)億(おく)円(えん)）で買(ばい)収(しゅう)した。

     Koka Kōra wa jūnana-nen ni hādo-serutsā seizō no Topo Chiko o niokunisenman doru (yaku nihyakusanjūoku en) de baishū shita.

     In 2017 Coca-Cola acquired hard seltzer manufacturer Topo Chico for $220 million (about ¥23 billion).

   • 2021 January 23, Ume hikari, “Seikai hastu: kanjuku ume serutsaa [World’s first: ripe plum seltzer]”, in PR Times‎^[3]:

     甘(あま)くないキリッとした飲(の)み心(ここ)地(ち)を楽(たの)しめる、完(かん)熟梅(じゅくうめ)セルツァーが完(かん)成(せい)しました。

     Amakunai kiritto shita nomi kokochi o tanoshimeru, kanjuku ume serutsā ga kansei shimashita.

     With a not-too-sweet, crisp drinking sensation for you to enjoy, the ripe plum seltzer is perfected.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:セルツァー.