aquavit

Japanese: aquavit
aquavit

…A colorless distilled liquor that could be called the national drink of Scandinavian countries. It is a corruption of the Latin aqua vitae, meaning "water of life," and is spelled aquavit in Sweden and Norway, and akvavit in Denmark. It is also called schnapps, and is made in Germany and the Netherlands. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "aquavit" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スカンジナビア諸国の国民酒ともいうべき無色の蒸留酒。〈生命の水〉を意味するラテン語aqua vitaeの転じた語で,スウェーデン,ノルウェーでaquavit,デンマークでakvavitなどとつづる。別名をシュナップスといい,ドイツ,オランダでも造られる。…

※「aquavit」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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