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ワイン

also: ぶどうしゅ · ブドウしゅ

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Meanings

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noun

wine; grape wine

Refers specifically to wine made from grapes. In modern Japanese, ワイン is the default term.

夕ゆう食しょくに赤あかワインを飲のんだ。
I drank red wine with dinner.
このワインはフランス産さんです。
This wine is from France.

Written forms

ぶどう酒しゅ
Kanji spelling meaning 'grape alcohol'; less common than ワイン but still used, especially in traditional contexts.
葡萄ぶどう酒しゅ
Older kanji spelling; now mostly replaced by ワイン or ぶどう酒.
ブドウ酒しゅ
Mixed katakana-kanji spelling; occasionally seen but not standard.
ぶどうしゅ
ブドウしゅ

Kanji

酒sake, alcohol
葡

wild grape, Portugal

萄grape vine, wild grape

Similar words

酒さけ
General term for alcohol, including sake, beer, and spirits. ワイン is specifically grape wine.
日本にほん酒しゅ
Japanese rice wine (sake). Not interchangeable with ワイン.

Etymology

Loanword from English 'wine', ultimately from Latin 'vinum'. The kanji spellings ぶどう酒 and 葡萄酒 are native Japanese coinages meaning 'grape alcohol'.