ワイン

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 赤ワインが好きです。▶ —
   I like red wine.
2. ワインで乾杯しましょう。▶ —
   Let's toast with wine.

Collocations

Mnemonic

ワイン wain — borrowed from English "wine" (relatively late, post-Meiji). Japanese wine market grew from the 1970s; 山梨県 (Yamanashi)'s 甲州 (Koshu) cultivar settled in as a native Japanese wine grape. Color labels mix Japanese kanji + katakana: 赤 (aka) ワイン, 白 (shiro) ワイン, ロゼ (roze, rosé). Where Korean uses "hong-podoju" and Chinese "红酒", Japanese splits color word + katakana wine — a typically Japanese way of integrating loanwords. Wine entered late in a sake-centric drinking culture.

Quick check

1. Where is the native Japanese wine grape 甲州 (Koshu) grown?

   • 山梨県 (Yamanashi) — north of Mt. Fuji, Japan's wine capital
   • 北海道 (Hokkaido)
   • 沖縄 (Okinawa)
   • 東京 (Tokyo)