different between sake vs mirin
sake
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English sake (“sake, cause”), from Old English sacu (“cause, lawsuit, legal action, complaint, issue, dispute”), from Proto-Germanic *sak? (“affair, thing, charge, accusation, matter”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh?g- (“to investigate”). Akin to West Frisian saak (“cause; business”), Low German Saak, Dutch zaak (“matter; cause; business”), German Sache (“thing; matter; cause; legal cause”), Danish sag, Swedish and Norwegian sak, Gothic ???????????????????? (sakj?, “dispute, argument”), Old English s?cn (“inquiry, prosecution”), Old English s?can (“to seek”). More at soke, soken, seek.
Pronunciation
- enPR: s?k, IPA(key): /se?k/
- Rhymes: -e?k
Noun
sake (plural sakes)
- cause, interest or account
- purpose or end; reason
- the benefit or regard of someone or something
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b.
- But it will be for your sake that we'll undertake to refute this thesis, […]
- 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 242a-b.
- (obsolete except in phrases) contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge
- Genesis, 3:17
- And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
- Genesis, 3:17
Usage notes
- The word sake is generally used in constructions of the form "for X's sake" or "for the sake of X", where X is a noun (see the quotations above, for sake of, and for the sake of).
- Garner's Modern American Usage notes it is common to write an apostrophe rather than apostrophe–ess in this construction when the noun ends in an /s/ or /z/ sound: for appearance' sake, for goodness' sake.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic beverage, especially rice wine”), with pronunciation possibly influenced by Okinawan ? (saki).
Alternative forms
- saké, saki
Pronunciation
- enPR: säk?, IPA(key): /s??ke?/
- Rhymes: -??ke?
- enPR: säk?, IPA(key): /s??ki/
- Rhymes: -??ki
Noun
sake (countable and uncountable, plural sakes)
- A class of Japanese rice wines made from polished rice and typically about 20% alcohol by volume.
- (inexact) Synonym of rice wine.
Translations
See also
- awamori
- shochu
Anagrams
- Kase, akes, aske, keas, KEAS, kesa, seak
Dutch
Alternative forms
- saké, saki
Etymology
From Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic drink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa?.ke?/
- Hyphenation: sa?ke
Noun
sake m (uncountable)
- sake (Japanese rice wine)
- Hypernyms: rijstbier, rijstwijn
Finnish
Etymology
From Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic drink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ke/, [?s??ke?]
- Rhymes: -?ke
- Syllabification: sa?ke
Noun
sake
- sake (Japanese rice wine)
Declension
Anagrams
- eksa-, seka-
Hausa
Noun
sàk? m (possessed form sàken)
- slackness
Indonesian
Etymology
From Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic drink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.ke/
- Hyphenation: sa?ké
Noun
sake (plural sake-sake, first-person possessive sakeku, second-person possessive sakemu, third-person possessive sakenya)
- sake (Japanese rice wine)
Alternative forms
- saki (nonstandard)
Further reading
- “sake” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
sake
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kapampangan
Verb
sake
- to board, to embark, to ride
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *saka, from Proto-Germanic *sak?.
Noun
s?ke f
- case, matter, affair
- thing
- cause, reason
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: zaak
- Limburgish: zaak
Further reading
- “sake”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “sake”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN
Moore
Etymology
Cognate with Farefare sak?
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /sà.ke/
Verb
sake
- to take out
- to accept, agree, approve of, tolerate, permit, obey
- to answer to a call
- to succeed, do well
Pali
Alternative forms
Adjective
sake
- inflection of saka (“one's own”):
- masculine/neuter locative singular
- masculine accusative plural
- feminine vocative singular
Polish
Etymology
From Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic drink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa.k?/
Noun
sake n (indeclinable)
- sake (Japanese rice wine)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- saquê, saqué
Etymology
From Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic drink”).
Noun
sake m (plural sakes)
- sake (Japanese rice wine)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:saquê.
Romanian
Etymology
From French saké.
Noun
sake n (uncountable)
- sake
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Japanese ? (sake, “alcoholic drink”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sake/, [?sa.ke]
- Homophone: saque
Noun
sake m (plural sakes)
- sake (Japanese rice wine)
sake From the web:
- what sake
- what sake to use for cooking
- what sake is good
- what sake is good hot
- what sake to buy
- what sake means
- what sake can be served hot
mirin
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese ?? (mirin).
Noun
mirin (usually uncountable, plural mirins)
- A form of Japanese rice wine, less alcoholic than sake.
Translations
Catalan
Verb
mirin
- third-person plural present subjunctive form of mirar
- third-person plural imperative form of mirar
Indonesian
Etymology
From Japanese ?? (???, mirin), from ? (?, mi, “flavour (UK); flavor (US)”) + ? (??, rin, “remove astringency; bleach in water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mir?n]
- Hyphenation: mi?rin
Noun
mirin (plural mirin-mirin, first-person possessive mirinku, second-person possessive mirinmu, third-person possessive mirinnya)
- (cooking) mirin, a type of Japanese sake used for cooking
Further reading
- “mirin” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *márti, from Proto-Indo-European *mer-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m????n/
Noun
mirin f
- death
mirin From the web:
- what mirin to buy
- what mirin taste like
- what mirin is used for
- what mirin means
- what mirin made of
- what's mirin sauce
- what's mirin seasoning
- miring meaning
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