酒

Humble

sake (implied to be low-grade)

highest or finest quality sake

sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne

alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box; alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box

good wine; good drink

alcoholic beverage for medicinal purposes

snake shōchū

nightcap; drink at night

ill effects of drinking

love of alcohol; drinker

pouring one's own drinks; drinking alone

fine wines and prized delicacies

maotai (variety of distilled Chinese alcohol)

pure sake; pure rice wine; undiluted sake; unadulterated sake

ginjō sake with no added alcohol; junmai ginjō sake

traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shōchū and fruit wine)

Buddhism

Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

drunken spree or frenzy

high-grade sake

miscellaneous liquors (alcohol tax category); alcohol other than sake, shōchū, mirin, beer, etc.

monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks

Chinese alcohol; Chinese spirits

alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)

Buddhism

Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol