ramune

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UK/ˈɹɑːmʊˌneɪ/US/ˈɹɑmʊˌneɪ/

noun

A type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a Codd-neck bottle.

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Meanings

nounramune (countable and uncountable, plural ramune or ramunes)

plural ramunes

  1. countableuncountableA type of Japanese carbonated soft drink generally bottled in a Codd-neck bottle.

    I just bought a ramune soda myself! 😂︎ I opened it without spilling a drop! Piece of cake

    2022, Hitomi Takano, translated by Kumar Sivasubramanian, “Final Chapter To Be Continued”, in My Boy, volume 9, New York, N.Y.: Vertical Comics, →ISBN, page 156
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    There are two classic Japanese soda drinks from the late 19th century still drunk today: ramune (lemonade) and saidā (cider). Ramune is a fizzy lemonade created in 1872 in Kobe and bottled in an eccentric bottle, called a Codd-neck bottle, sealed with a glass marble.

    2021 December 6, Jeanne Jacob, Food Cultures of Japan: Recipes, Customs, and Issues, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 119

Origin

  1. Japaneseラムネ
  2. Englishramune

Borrowed from Japanese ラムネ (ramune). Doublet of lemonade.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 彈珠汽水 /弹珠汽水
  • 彈珠汽水 /弹珠汽水 (tánzhū qìshuǐ)type of Japanese carbonated soft drink
French ramune
  • ramunetype of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Japanese ラムネ
  • ラムネtype of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Korean 라무네
  • 라무네 (ramune)type of Japanese carbonated soft drink
Spanish ramune
  • ramunetype of Japanese carbonated soft drink

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

ramune. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramune

MLA

“ramune.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramune. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ramune,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ramune.

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