peppermint

Japanese: ペパーミント

〘Noun〙 (peppermint)⸨Peppermint⸩① A cultivated perennial plant of the Lamiaceae family. 30-90cm tall. Overall hairless. Egg-lanceolate or lanceolate leaves grow in pairs. The flowers resemble those of peppermint, but they do not produce seeds and do not grow wild. Widely cultivated for their fragrance and refreshing properties, the term also refers to the peppermint oil refined from them. Used in medicines, candy, chewing gum, spices, etc. Western peppermint. *Fragment from Kitahara Hakushu's Memories (1911), "You too, in this pale peppermint liquor, this liquor of sadness"② A liqueur made from peppermint oil as the main ingredient, with anise oil, orange peel oil, and other flavorings infused into alcohol. Hakkazake. Hakkashu. ※After-meal song (1919) by Kinoshita Mokutaro, played by Gomachi Shicho. “Listening to the song, the peppermint liquor at night on the way home is delicious.”

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Japanese:

〘名〙 (peppermint)⸨ペッパーミント⸩① シソ科の栽培多年草。高さ三〇～九〇センチメートル。全体に無毛。卵状披針形または披針形の葉を対生する。花はハッカに似るが、種子はできず、野生はない。香料・清涼剤のために広く栽培され、それから精製した薄荷油もいう。薬品、キャンデー、チューインガム、スパイスなどに使用。せいようはっか（西洋薄荷）。※思ひ出（1911）〈北原白秋〉断章「君もまた色青きペパミントの酒に、かなしみの酒に」② 薄荷油を主原料とし、これにアニス油、橙皮油などの香料をアルコールに浸出させたリキュール。はっかざけ。はっかしゅ。※食後の唄（1919）〈木下杢太郎〉後街時調「投節を聴き帰る夜の薄荷酒(ペパミント)は味殊なれども」

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