Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Impure: applied in Japanese to certain sounds (g, z. j, d, b, and p) which are substituted in certain circumstances for the pure sounds k, s, sh (or ch), t, h, or f.
- noun The substitution of an impure consonantal sound for a pure one when it begins the second part of a compound, or the second part of a plural expression formed by reduplication, as in
kami-dana (which see) for kami-tana, ‘god-shelf’; kawa-guchi for kawa-kuchi, ‘river-mouth’;ban-zai (which see) for ban-sai, ‘ten thousand years’; kanagawa for kana-kawa (name of the prefecture in which Yokohama is situated); hito-bito, ‘men,’ for hito-hito, fromhito , ‘man,’ etc. - noun In Japanese writing and printing, the mark (earlier ), placed at the right of a pure consonant to show that it has become impure.
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Examples
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And though it isn't a pairing per se, let me suggest that you finish off your meal will a deliciously sweet and dessert-like unfiltered sake, what is called "nigori-zake."
Delicate Flavors 2008
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You might enjoy the extemely sweet, unfiltered sake clouded with rice dregs called nigori sake.
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » 2005 » April 2005
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You might enjoy the extemely sweet, unfiltered sake clouded with rice dregs called nigori sake.
You gonna eat that? Random musings on food and life in Orange County, California » Honda Ya - Tustin 2005
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The Peach Nympho and the Sweet Leilani are both made with peach juice and nigori sake, an unfiltered sake that is cloudy and usually sweeter than the clear sakes.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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The Peach Nympho and the Sweet Leilani are both made with peach juice and nigori sake, an unfiltered sake that is cloudy and usually sweeter than the clear sakes.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish - Blowfish Sushi to Die For 2005
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We've ordered more sake and I need to remind the server that we need new glasses since we didn't want to keep using the ones with sediment from the nigori.
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We've ordered more sake and I need to remind the server that we need new glasses since we didn't want to keep using the ones with sediment from the nigori.
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The nigori grade best complements dessert, and Sushi Wabi's brand of this unfiltered milky-colored variety, Nikko, has a tart flavor that Hepler says goes well with green tea or sweet red-bean ice cream.
Chicago Reader 2010
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We decide we're going to start and finish with nigori - I would grade the sake selection as acceptable - more "World Market" than "Kroger" but still not stunning.
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We decide we're going to start and finish with nigori - I would grade the sake selection as acceptable - more "World Market" than "Kroger" but still not stunning.
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