noun

  1. New Year's sake, spiced sake.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
お屠蘇 おとそ
御屠蘇 おとそ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

slaughter, butcher, slay
ほふ.る ト チョ (Kentei 1)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ かたしろ (Kentei 1)
someone, person
シャ もの (3rd, N4)
variant of radical 125
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
be resuscitated, revived, perilla
よみがえ.る ソ ス (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
fish
さかな ギョ うお (2nd, N4)
knife, wrapping enclosure(勹) variant
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
two-branch tree radical (no. 115)
カ いね (Kentei Pre-1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)