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製せい麹きく

also: せいぎく

Meanings

1

noun

koji production; koji making

Technical term in food science and brewing; refers to the cultivation of koji mold on grains.

See also: 麹

製せい麹きくは日本にほんし酒造ゅづくりの重じゅう要ような工こう程ていです。
Koji production is an important step in sake brewing.
この工こう場じょうでは最さい新しんの製せい麹きく技ぎ術じゅつを導どう入にゅうしている。
This factory has introduced the latest koji-making technology.

Written forms

製麹
- せいきく
  Standard kanji spelling for koji production.
- せいぎく
  Alternate reading; less common but recognized.
せいぎく

Kanji

製made in..., manufacture
麹malt, yeast

Similar words

麹こうじ
麹 refers to the koji mold itself or the inoculated grain, while 製麹 refers to the process of producing it.

Etymology

Compound of 製 (sei, 'manufacture') and 麹 (kiku, 'koji'). The reading せいきく is standard; せいぎく is a variant.