Definition of "nigori" [nigori]

• Impure: applied in Japanese to certain sounds (g, z. j, d, b, and p) which are substituted in certain circumstances for the pure sounds k, s, sh (or ch), t, h, or f.
• The substitution of an impure consonantal sound for a pure one when it begins the second part of a compound, or the second part of a plural expression formed by reduplication, as in kami-dana (which see) for kami-tana, ‘god-shelf’; kawa-guchi for kawa-kuchi, ‘river-mouth’; ban-zai (which see) for ban-sai, ‘ten thousand years’; kanagawa for kana-kawa (name of the prefecture in which Yokohama is situated); hito-bito, ‘men,’ for hito-hito, from hito, ‘man,’ etc. (noun)
• In Japanese writing and printing, the mark (earlier ), placed at the right of a pure consonant to show that it has become impure. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "And though it isn't a pairing per se, let me suggest that you finish off your meal will a deliciously sweet and dessert-like unfiltered sake, what is called "nigori-zake.""
• "You might enjoy the extemely sweet, unfiltered sake clouded with rice dregs called nigori sake."
• "The Peach Nympho and the Sweet Leilani are both made with peach juice and nigori sake, an unfiltered sake that is cloudy and usually sweeter than the clear sakes."