Miki
The special name for
sake (rice wine) when prepared in various special ways, at some shrines in a special sakadono or sake-hall, and offered to the kami (see
Shinsen). It is drunk by the participants at the close of a ceremony as part of the
naorai 'feast' to receive the
mi-itsu of the kami.
A Popular Dictionary of Shinto.
Brian Bocking.