紅葉もみじ酒ざけ

noun

sake heated over a fire of fallen autumn leaves

A rare, poetic seasonal term for sake warmed by burning fallen leaves, evoking autumn imagery. Not an everyday word.

• 紅葉もみじ酒ざけは、落おち葉ばを焚たいて燗かんをつけた風ふう流りゅうな酒さけのことだ。

  Momijizake is an elegant sake heated over a fire of fallen leaves.