The person can drink sake for the following five reasons...

I see Nano. Well, that’ll be the last time I ever trust a Disney movie to do my translating for me.

Ah, Homer… now there’s a guy who could take sake in his stride.

Just a different language, is all. Did a search and found that 'ohana indeed means family or household in Hawaiian.

That name on a Japanese business in Hawaii would be doing double duty! Just so’s it’s not a pick-up joint, I suppose…

While I’m at it, allow me to Cliff Claven yet a bit more. “Sake” or “osake” really just can mean alcoholic beverages in general if you find yourself in Japan for some odd reason. If it’s sake (as in Japanese rice wine) you’re after, ask for nihon-shu. Better to be more specific, though: if you want it heated, ask for atsukan, and if you want it chilled, ask for hiyazake. Beyond that, I can’t help you: you’re also up against “white” (colorless), “red” (which is really pale tawny), dry, semidry, and sweet…so you’re on your own. :wink:

If you ask for atsukan in the summertime, they’ll look at you funny, but you’re a gaijin, after all, so no worries. It’s sort of what they’d expect. And for godsake stay away from the Gekkeikan. One should only clean windows with that.

I know my uisce beatha, I know my ale/beer, etc, I even, to a far lesser extent, know my wines. But to my palate one sake tastes about the same as another. I guess I need more research in that field…