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蒸じょう留りゅう所じょ

Meanings

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noun

A facility where alcoholic spirits are produced by distillation. The reading じょうりゅうしょ is a common variant.

このウイスキーはスコットランドの蒸じょう留りゅう所じょで作つくられています。
This whisky is made at a distillery in Scotland.
蒸じょう留りゅう所じょの見けん学がくツアーに参さん加かした。
I joined a tour of the distillery.

Written forms

蒸留所
- じょうりゅうじょ
  Standard kanji spelling using 留 (common in modern Japanese).
- じょうりゅうしょ
蒸溜所
- じょうりゅうじょ
  Variant using 溜; less common but still seen, especially in older or traditional contexts.
- じょうりゅうしょ
じょうりゅうしょ

Kanji

蒸steam, heat, sultry
留detain, fasten, halt
所place, extent
溜collect, gather, be in arrears

Similar words

醸じょう造ぞう所しょ
醸造所 is a brewery (for beer, sake, etc.), while 蒸留所 specifically refers to a distillery for spirits.

Etymology

Compound of 蒸留 (distillation) + 所 (place). The reading じょうりゅうしょ is a common variant where 所 is read as しょ instead of じょ.