Arak

Japanese: arak
Arak

…In Japan, it was introduced from the Netherlands during the Edo period and was called Araki or Araki and highly valued. In Spain, it is called arac or erraca, in Portugal it is called araca, araque, orraca, or rac, and in English it is called arrack or arak. [Ikeda Osamu] …

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Japanese:

…日本では江戸時代にオランダから渡来し,阿剌吉(あらき),阿剌基などと呼ばれ,珍重されていた。スペインではarac,erraca,ポルトガルではaraca,araque,orraca,racなど,英語ではarrack,arakという。【池田 修】。…

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