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See also: 麥酒

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see 麥酒 (“ale; beer; wine from grain”).(This term is the simplified form of 麥酒).
Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
ビール
Grade: 2 Grade: 3
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Dutch bier. The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 麥酒 / 麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”), and were applied from the Edo period.

First cited to a text from 1724.[1]

For pronunciation and definitions of 麦酒 – see the following entry.
【ビール】 [noun] [from 1724] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
(This term, 麦酒, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
ばくGrade: 2 しゅGrade: 3
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

From Chinese 麥酒 / 麦酒 (màijiǔ, literally “barley liquor”).

First cited to 1826.[1]

麦(ばく)酒(しゅ) • (bakushu)

  1. [from 1826] beer (alcoholic drink made of malt)
  2. [from 1867] any other alcoholic drink brewed mainly from barley or wheat
Kanji in this term
麦 酒
むぎGrade: 2 さけ > ざけGrade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
麥酒 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 麦 (mugi, “barley, wheat, oat”) +‎ 酒 (sake, “sake, grain wine”).[1] The sake changes to zake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to the early 1500s.[1]

麦(むぎ)酒(ざけ) • (mugizake)

  1. [1500s–???] (archaic, possibly obsolete) sake made from, or mainly from, wheat, barley, or oat

  2. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN