In addition, there was another reason, Japanese had already been used to having oily dishes using much butter and olive oil which were different from plain Japanese dishes as a result of the Westernization of diet, and that they favored tanrei dry sake to drink on the table with those dishes as an alternative to wine in a certain sense.
また、かつてのさっぱりとした日本食と異なり、食生活の欧米化が進んでバターやオリーブオイルなどを多用する油っこい料理を日常的に食するようになっていた日本人にとって、それらと食卓で合わせる日本酒として、またある意味で白ワインの代替品として、淡麗辛口が好まれたという理由もある。