soju

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See also: sōjū

English

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Etymology

From Korean 소주(燒酒) (soju).

Compare Mandarin 燒酒 / 烧酒 (shāojiǔ), Japanese 焼酎 (shōchū, “shōchū”). Doublet of shaojiu and shochu.

Pronunciation

Noun

soju (usually uncountable, plural sojus)

  1. A Korean distilled alcoholic beverage, similar to shochu.
    • 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 7:
      I'd also woken up with a raging thirst from the bottle and a half of soju I'd had with dinner, which also meant I was taking longer to come to my senses than usual.

Translations

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Sassarese

Determiner

soju (feminine singular soja, plural soi)

  1. Alternative spelling of sóiu
    • 1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter III, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu càntiggu de li càntigghi di Salamoni [Solomon's canticle of canticles]‎, London, translation of Il cantico de' cantici (in Italian), verse 11, page 10:
      Isciddi e vididdi, figlioli di Sion, lu re Salamoni cun lu diadema, cun ca lu curunesi la mamma soja in la dì di lu so’ ilpusaliziu, e in la dì dill’alligrìa di lu so’ cori.
      [Uscite fuora, e mirate, o figlie di Sion, il re Salomone col diadema, con cui lo incoronò la madre sua nel giorno dello spoſalizio di lui, e nel giorno della letizia del cuor suo.]
      Come out and see, o daughters of Zion, King Solomon, with the crown with which his mother crowned him in the day of his wedding, and in the day of the joy of his heart.
    • c. 19th century, anonymous author, “”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 2 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 54, page 144:
      Si ti dizi com’iltesi
      A la fabiddadda toja,
      Dilli, la culpa è la soja
      If she asks you how I reacted to your words, tell her that it's her fault

Pronoun

soju m (feminine singular soja, masculine and feminine plural soi)

  1. Alternative spelling of sóiu
    • 1863 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter I, in Giovanni Spano, transl., Lu libru di Rut [The Book of Ruth]‎, London, translation of Il Libro di Ruth (in Italian), verse 18, page 7:
      Videndi dunca Noemi, chi Rut abìa iltabbiliddu cun animu risolutu di andà cun edda, no la vulisi cuntrarià, nè persuadì di turrà più a li soi
      [Vedendo adunque Noemi, come Ruth avea fissa nell’animo suo la risoluzione di andar con lei, non volle più contraddirla, né consigliarla a tornare dai suoi.]
      Thus Naomi, seeing how Ruth had decided resolutely to go with her, did not want to oppose her, or keep persuading her to return to hers
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