sake
Fermented rice beverage
Sake has two main uses.
For the sake of something means for its benefit or purpose: for the sake of argument, for safety's sake, art for art's sake.
In exclamations, sake expresses exasperation: for God's sake, for heaven's sake, for Pete's sake.
The other sake, pronounced SAH-keh, is Japanese rice wine.
Japanese rice alcohol
Microbial sugar conversion
- kojiFermentation mold for Japanese foods
- riceStaple cereal grain
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- yeastFermenting fungus
brewmaster · brewery · milling · pasteurization · pressing · filtration · enzymes · temperature
Desired end result
- objectivePurpose or goal
- intentionPlanned purpose for acting
- reasonBasis or justification
- motivationImpetus toward a goal
aim · cause · rationale · justification · benefit · behalf · interest · welfare
Formal event marking occasions
- offeringSomething presented or given
- shintoJapan's native religion
- kamiShinto sacred spirits
- shrineSacred devotional place
wedding · purification · altar · priest · libation · consecration · gods · celebration
nihonshu
Japanese rice alcohol
fermentation
Microbial sugar conversion
yeast · brewmaster · brewery · milling · pasteurization · pressing · filtration · enzymes · temperature · tank
goal
Desired end result
motivation · aim · cause · rationale · justification · benefit · behalf · interest · welfare · advantage
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
shrine · wedding · purification · altar · priest · libation · consecration · gods · celebration · sacred
- alcoholbeer, vodka, whiskey, whisky, rum
- East AsiaChina, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Korea
- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- Japanese foodsushi, ramen, tempura, sashimi, miso
- Asian loanwordsanime, sushi, karate, ninja, tsunami
- Brewed Drinksale, lager, stout, porter, pilsner
sakepurposelessness
State of lacking intention
aimlessness · pointlessness · futility · meaninglessness · randomness
- for the sake ofIn interest of
- for God's sakeImpatient emphatic interjection
- for heaven's sakeExclamation of frustration
- for Pete's sakeMild oath of frustration
- for pity's sakeExasperated plea for compassion
- art for art's sakeIntrinsic value of creation