I just got Philip Harper’s The Book of Sake in to consider it for our inventory. I’ll post a link once we get the real shipment in.

I read the whole book in a few hours (ahem, there are a lot of pictures). I now feel like my wife with computers—I now know enough about the world of sake to be dangerous.

Still, I am a near-complete beginner. To help me, I went through the book (especially the glossary) and pulled out key words I think are essential regarding the お酒の世界 (osake no sekai–the world of sake).

I just added it to the Download section as a PDF. Please let me know if you find any errors or have any new words to add to it.

Most interesting to me was a word for snacks that go with drinking: sakana. 酒の肴 (sake no sakana) It has nothing to do with fish.