https://kotobank.jp/word/醸-530527 Kamo-su [Brewing

  • The term “fermentation” refers to the process of making sake, soy sauce, vinegar, etc. by fermenting grains and other ingredients and mixing them with water. (2) To make sake, soy sauce, vinegar, etc. by mixing grains, etc. with water through fermentation. Brewing. (1548)
  • Gradually create] a certain mood, atmosphere, state, etc.
  • *Japanese-English Rinshu (first edition) (1867) “Nemuriwo kamosz (Kamos)”
  • To cause something to happen. To bring about.
  • *Gyokushinsho (1563) 20 “The clouds that make the winter snow in the clouds of Jiangtian are black. Ka-mu [Brewing 〘他マ四〙 (from the Shang dynasty, when raw rice was chewed and spit out, which was then stored in a bottle and fermented) make sake. To brew. To make sake. In the Kojiki (712), a song, “Susukori’s drunkenness is caused by the sacred wine of Kami.

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