awamori

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noun

A Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice via distillation.

OriginJapanese 泡盛 →
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Meanings

nounawamori (usually uncountable, plural awamoris)

plural awamoris

  1. uncountableusuallyA Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice via distillation.

    Awamori, distilled only on Okinawa from ground Thai long-grain rice, is considered to be the best shochu. […] Good awamoris are stored in underground clay vessels for several years.

    2008, André Dominé, Barbara E. Euler, Wolfgang Faßbender, Matthias Stelzig, translated by Ann Drummond, Rosemary Lawrey, and Katherine Taylor, “Shochu is everything”, in The Ultimate Bar Book: The World of Spirits and Cocktails, [Königswinter]: h.f.ullmann, →ISBN, […], page 431, column 1

Origin

  1. Japanese泡盛
  2. Englishawamori

From Japanese 泡盛 (awamori).

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Translations

French awamori
  • awamoriJapanese beverage
Japanese 泡盛
  • 泡盛 (awamori)Japanese beverage
Polish awamori
  • awamoriJapanese beverage
Cite this entry
APA

awamori. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awamori

MLA

“awamori.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awamori. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awamori,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awamori.

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