純米吟醸酒

じゅんまいぎんじょうしゅ

ginjo sake with no added alcohol

吟醸

ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%

大吟醸

だいぎんじょう

top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less

醸造酒

じょうぞうしゅ

brewage, liquor

増醸酒

ぞうじょうしゅ

zōjōshu; sake with added distilled alcohol, sweeteners, flavorings, etc.

本醸造酒

ほんじょうぞうしゅ

sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne

吟

recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing

微吟

びぎん

reciting poetry or singing in a soft voice

即吟

そくぎん

improvisation (of a poem), improvization

感吟

かんぎん

emotional chanting or recitation

詠吟

えいぎん

reciting poetry

口吟

こうぎん くちぎん

humming to oneself

高吟

こうぎん

loud recitation (of a poem)

苦吟

くぎん

laborious composition, struggling to compose a poem

秀吟

しゅうぎん

splendid poem

名吟

めいぎん

outstanding tanka or haiku or poem

遊吟

ゆうぎん

wandering minstrel

吟味

ぎんみ

testing, scrutiny, careful investigation

吟詠

ぎんえい

recitation or chanting of a poem