升ます酒ざけ

noun

sake served in a masu; sake sold in a masu

Refers to sake (or occasionally other alcohol) that is either served in or sold in a small square wooden box called a masu. This is a traditional way of drinking sake, often associated with celebrations or old-style izakaya.

• 居い酒ざか屋やで升ます酒ざけを頼たのんだら、枡ますからこぼれるほど注そそいでくれた。

  When I ordered masuzake at the izakaya, they poured it so generously that it overflowed from the masu.

• お正しょう月がつには升ます酒ざけで乾かん杯ぱいするのが我わが家やの習しゅう慣かんです。

  It's our family custom to toast with masuzake on New Year's.