warm sake with grated ginger
A traditional Japanese drink made by adding grated ginger to heated sake, often consumed as a folk remedy for colds or to warm the body.
On cold nights, I drink warm sake with ginger to warm up.
It is said that ginger sake is effective when you feel a cold coming on.
Standard kanji spelling for this drink.
Kana-kanji mixed spelling, common in everyday writing.
Compound of 生姜 (しょうが, ginger) and 酒 (さけ, sake), with rendaku voicing of さけ to ざけ.