Noun
shochu (countable and uncountable, plural shochus)
A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.
As a result, topping up people’s glasses with beer, shochu (the local spirit), or sake before they’re finished avoids the horror of someone being left staring at an empty glass. Source: Internet
Japanese meatballs are served with fried eggs, great sake and shochu selection. Source: Internet
What has changed is now there’s a second, smaller tank that holds an undiluted, cask-strength shochu called Banzai. Source: Internet
While at Takashimaya, she was the first non-Japanese to pass the shochu advisor exam. Source: Internet
Make a super-slim cosmopolitan by replacing the vodka with shochu, a Japanese spirit with a smooth flavor. Source: Internet