Japanese symbol for “hooch”

粕取り

かすとり

Romaji: kasutori

shōchū made from sake lees

In Japanese, hooch is 粕取り, read かすとり (kasutori).

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Meanings

n shōchū made from sake lees
n low-quality moonshine (esp. post-WWII); hooch (hootch)

Written forms: 粕取り、糟取り、かす取り. Readings: かすとり、カストリ.

Kanji and stroke order

粕

scrap, waste

on: ハク
kun: かす

11 strokes

取

take, fetch, take up

on: シュ
kun: と.る、と.り、と.り-、とり

8 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
甘粕	あまかす amakasu	thick amazake; thick sweet sake
粕漬け	かすづけ kasuzuke	fish or vegetables pickled in sake lees
豆粕	まめかす mamekasu	bean cake; soybean (oil) meal
大豆粕	だいずかす daizukasu	soybean cake
〆粕	しめかす shimekasu	oil cake; scrap cake
取引	とりひき torihiki	transactions; dealings; business
買取	かいとり kaitori	purchase; buying; buying out
取得	しゅとく shutoku	obtaining (a qualification, right, object, etc.); acquisition (of land, property, etc.); gaining possession (of)

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.