粕かす取とり

noun

shōchū made from sake lees

A type of shōchū distilled from the lees left over from sake production. A traditional, legitimate product.

• 粕かす取とりは、酒さけ粕かすを蒸じょう留りゅうして作つくられる焼しょう酎ちゅうの一いっ種しゅです。

  Kasutori is a type of shōchū made by distilling sake lees.

noun

low-quality moonshine; hooch

Refers to cheap, often illicitly produced spirits, especially common in the post-WWII period. Carries a strong nuance of poor quality and rough taste.

• 戦せん後ご、質しつの悪わるい粕かす取とりが出で回まわり、多おおくの人ひとが健けん康こうを害がいした。

  After the war, low-quality moonshine circulated and harmed many people's health.