Age in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo keep wine in the right conditions for months or years so that its taste develops and improves.

Definition in Japaneseワインを保存に適した環境で何か月も何年も寝かせて、味をよくすること。

Example sentences

• おじさん、ワインセラーで三本(さんぼん)熟成(じゅくせい)させてて、七十歳(ななじゅっさい)の誕生日(たんじょうび)までは誰(だれ)にも開(あ)けさせないんだって。🔊

  My uncle is ageing three bottles in his wine cooler and won't let anyone open them before his seventieth birthday.

• スーパーのワインを熟成(じゅくせい)させても意味(いみ)ないよ。五年(ごねん)たってもおいしくならないから。🔊

  There's no point ageing supermarket wine — it won't taste any better in five years.

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