酒さか種だね

noun

sakadane; yeast starter grown on rice kōji

A fermentation starter used in sake brewing, made by cultivating yeast on steamed rice inoculated with kōji mold.

See also: 麹

• 酒さか種だねは日本にほん酒しゅの醸じょう造ぞうに欠かかせない。

  Sakadane is essential for brewing sake.

• 杜と氏うじが酒さか種だねの状じょう態たいを慎しん重ちょうに管かん理りする。

  The master brewer carefully manages the condition of the yeast starter.