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酒ささ

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Meanings

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noun

dated term

Dated term for alcohol or sake; now mostly replaced by さけ or お酒 in everyday speech. Still encountered in older texts or poetic contexts.

古ふるい歌うたには「ささ」と詠よまれた酒ささのことがある。
In old poems, sake is sometimes referred to as 'sasa'.

Written forms

酒ささ
Standard kanji spelling for this dated reading of 'alcohol'.
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Kana spelling may be used for clarity or in children's materials, but the kanji is more common.

Kanji

酒sake, alcohol

Similar words

酒さけ
The modern standard reading for 'alcohol' or 'sake'. ささ is an archaic variant.
お酒さけ
Polite form commonly used in everyday conversation, while ささ is dated.

Etymology

An older reading of 酒 (alcohol/sake). The exact origin is uncertain, but it may be a reduplicative or sound-symbolic variant of さけ.