乙類

• 焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)乙(おつ)類(るい) (shōchū otsurui)
• 乙(おつ)類(るい)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう) (otsurui shōchū)

乙(おつ)類(るい) • (otsurui) 

1. shochu produced by simple distillation; “type B” shochu
   • 2017 October 13, “Kōrui shōchū wa ‘mazui yasuzake’ to iu gokai petto botoru datte umai [Kōrui shochu is misunderstood as ‘unsavory, cheap liquor’: Tasty even in plastic bottles]”, in Spa!‎:

     甲(こう)類(るい)と乙(おつ)類(るい)は、2006(にせんろく)年(ねん)に呼(よ)び名(めい)が変(か)わり、甲(こう)類(るい)は連(れん)続(ぞく)式(しき)蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)、乙(おつ)類(るい)は単(たん)式(しき)蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)となりました

     Kōrui to otsurui wa, nisenroku-nen ni yobi mei ga kawari, kōrui wa renzoku shiki jōryū shōchū, otsurui wa tanshiki jōryū shōchū to narimashita

     Kōrui and otsurui are the names adopted in 2006, kōrui for fractional distillation shochu, otsurui for simple distillation shochu

   • 2018 June 1 (last accessed), “Shōchū no chigai”, in Oenon‎:

     乙(おつ)類(るい)焼(しょう)酎(ちゅう)とは　単(たん)式(しき)蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)機(き)による1～2(いち～に)度(ど)の蒸(じょう)留(りゅう)により、麦(むぎ)・芋(いも)・米(こめ)・そばなどさまざまな原(げん)料(りょう)からつくられます。

     Otsurui shōchū to wa Tanshiki jōryūki ni yoru ichi~ni-do no jōryū ni yori, mugi imo kome soba nado samazama na genryō kara tsukuraremasu.

     What is otsurui shochu? Distilled once or twice by means of simple distillation, it is produced from various ingredients—barley, potato, rice, buckwheat, etc.

• 甲(こう)類(るい) (kōrui)