shōchū

Etymology
From 焼酎 (shōchū しょうちゅう), from  燒酒 (compare 🇨🇬 shāojiǔ 烧酒, 🇨🇬 soju ), from 燒 ("burn", "flammable") + 酒 ("alcohol"). .

Noun

 * 1) A Japanese alcoholic beverage, most commonly distilled from barley, sweet potato or rice. Typically it is 25% alcohol by volume, making it weaker than whisky, but stronger than wine and sake.