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造り酒屋 (つくりざかや) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

造つくり酒ざか屋や

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Meanings

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noun

sake brewer; sake brewery

Refers to a traditional sake brewery or the brewer who runs it. Often evokes a small, artisanal operation.

この町まちには古ふるい造つくり酒ざか屋やが何なん軒けんもある。
There are several old sake breweries in this town.
彼かれは代だい々だい続つづく造つく

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屋や

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跡あと

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He is the heir to a long-established sake brewery.

Written forms

造つくり酒ざか屋や
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
作つくり酒ざか屋や
Variant using 作 instead of 造; also seen, but less common.
造つくり酒ざか屋や
Abbreviated form; rarely used.

Kanji

造create, make, structure
酒sake, alcohol
屋roof, house, shop
作make, production, prepare

Similar words

酒さか蔵ぐら
酒蔵 refers specifically to the physical storehouse or cellar where sake is brewed and stored, while 造り酒屋 can refer to the brewery as a business or the brewer.
杜と氏うじ
杜氏 is the master brewer or chief sake-making expert, whereas 造り酒屋 is the brewery itself or its owner.

Etymology

Compound of 造り (tsukuri, 'making') + 酒屋 (sakaya, 'liquor store/sake shop'), with rendaku voicing on the second element. The spelling 造り酒屋 is the most common representation.