soju
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- noun
- /ˈsoʊdʒu/
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soju
- It's official: Jinro soju is the world's best-selling liquor.
- bottle of soju
- Korean soju
- soju cocktails
Now shall we have some soju and talk about trade and other things.
- Now shall we have some soju and talk about trade and other things.
- And little kids running around every like people of all ages drinking soju and cheering.
- We show up, it's immediately five straight glasses of beer mixed with soju, like back-to-back to back-to-back to back.
Examples
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I fell into evil company in a section of Seoul called Itaewon, and we sat around the table and drank soju and OB beer and talked about what a remarkable thing we'd witnessed that afternoon.
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After dinner, they drank soju while reminiscing about old times.
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Now shall we have some soju and talk about trade and other things.
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Another soju, please!
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Pricing aside, soju's explosive popularity is also mind-boggling when you take the actual taste into consideration.
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A bottle of soju costs around ¥1,450 (a little more than US$1) at convenience stores and around ¥3,500 (around US$3) at restaurants and bars.
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At the celebration, we shared a bottle of soju and toasted to our friendship.
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He picked up some soju from the market to enjoy with his dinner.
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Etymology
The word soju comes from the Korean word 소주, written with the characters 燒酒, which mean 'burn' and 'alcohol'. So, soju was named for the way it is made—by heating grains and collecting the strong, clear alcohol— and that is why it is a clear, strong Korean spirit.