Jun
8.6
A sweet fizzy drink made from green tea and honey
- noun
- /dʒuːn/
- Neologism
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jun
- After a long day, I loved relaxing with a bottle of jun while reading my book.
Examples
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No, n-now, we don't do that here in the jun--
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No deserts, no jun...
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In the above poem, Origuchi uses the term kijunmin, although the basic meaning is the same as kikamin; kijunmin has a stronger connotation of assimilation to the Japanese, jun meaning obeisance or obedience.
Academic text (2003) -
I enjoyed a refreshing glass of jun during the summer picnic.
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At the new cafe, they offer homemade jun flavored with fresh fruits.
Synonyms
kombucha
vsJun
7
5.6
A fizzy, slightly sour drink made by fermenting sweetened tea with bacteria and yeast
is sweeter and less sour made from green tea and honey
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jun is the name for a modern sweet, fizzy tea made with green tea and honey; the exact origin of the name is unclear, but people use Jun to mark it as a close cousin of kombucha, so you can remember Jun as the 'honey version' of kombucha.