sake heated over a fire of fallen autumn leaves
A rare, poetic seasonal term for sake warmed by burning fallen leaves, evoking autumn imagery. Not an everyday word.
Momijizake is an elegant sake heated over a fire of fallen leaves.
Standard kanji spelling for this seasonal term.
Common kana-kanji mixed spelling; 紅葉 can be read as もみじ or こうよう, so the kana もみじ makes the reading unambiguous.
Compound of 紅葉 (もみじ, autumn leaves) and 酒 (さけ, sake), with rendaku voicing of さけ to ざけ. The term refers to the practice of heating sake using a fire of fallen autumn leaves.