Strictly speaking, at the stage of nakadori, nakagumi or nakadare, there are two stages; the first one is sake squeezed by the weight of stacked sakabukuro when sakabukuro is stacked to completely fill the fune and the second one is sake that comes out when additional weight is applied in addition to the weight of the sakabukuro.
厳密には、この中取り、もしくは中汲み、中垂れという一つの段階の中にも、酒袋が槽いっぱいになるまで積まれたときに酒袋の山の自重で出てきたものと、自重に加えてさらに圧力を掛けたときに出てきたものの二段階がある。