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蒸留 (じょうりゅう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

蒸じょう留りゅう

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

distillation

Refers to the process of purifying a liquid by heating and cooling. Used both as a noun and with する as a transitive verb.

海かい水すいを蒸じょう留りゅうして真ま水みずを得える。
Distill seawater to obtain fresh water.
このウイスキーは二に回かい蒸じょう留りゅうされている。
This whisky is distilled twice.

Written forms

蒸じょう留りゅうUsage86%
Standard kanji spelling for distillation.
蒸じょう溜りゅうUsage14%
Variant spelling; 溜 is a common alternative for 留 in this compound.
蒸じょう餾りゅう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Kanji

蒸steam, heat, sultry
留detain, fasten, halt
溜collect, gather, be in arrears
餾steaming rice

Similar words

蒸じょう発はつ
蒸発 is evaporation, a physical change of state; 蒸留 is distillation, a separation process that uses evaporation and condensation.
精せい製せい
精製 is a broader term for refining or purification; 蒸留 specifically refers to distillation as a method.

Etymology

Compound of 蒸 (じょう, 'steam') and 留 (りゅう, 'to keep, to stop'), referring to the process of capturing steam. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with distillation.