甲類

Japanese

Kanji in this term
甲	類
こう Grade: S	るい Grade: 4

Alternative spelling
甲類 (kyūjitai)

Noun

甲(こう)類(るい) • (kōrui) 

1. shochu produced by fractional distillation; “type A” shochu

   Synonyms: 焼酎甲類 (shо̄chū kо̄rui), 甲類焼酎 (kо̄rui shо̄chū)

   • 2017 October 13, “Kōrui shōchū wa ‘mazui yasuzake’ to iu gokai Petto botoru datte umai [Kōrui shochu misunderstood as ‘unsavory, cheap liquor’: Tasty even in plastic bottles]”, in Spa!‎^[1]:

     甲(こう)類(るい)と乙(おつ)類(るい)は、2006(にせんろく)年(ねん)に呼(よ)び名(めい)が変(か)わり、甲(こう)類(るい)は連(れん)続(ぞく)式(しき)蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)、乙(おつ)類(るい)は単(たん)式(しき)蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)となりました

     Kōrui to otsurui wa, nisenroku-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^[2]:

     甲(こう)類(るい)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)とは　連(れん)続(ぞく)式(しき)蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)機(き)により蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)を繰(く)り返(かえ)すことにより、すっきりした飲(の)みやすさを実(じつ)現(げん)した、ピュアな味(あじ)わいの焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)です。

     Kōrui shōchū to wa Renzoku shiki jōryūki ni yori jōryū o kurikaesu koto ni yori, sukkiri shita nomiyasusa o jitsugen shita, pyua na ajiwai no shōchū desu.

     What is kōrui shochu? Distilled by means of repeated fractional distillation, it is a fresh easy-to-drink product, shochu with a pure flavor.

2. one of two kinds of moras distuinguished in Old Japanese, which have since merged

Antonyms

• 乙(おつ)類(るい) (otsurui)