After a long, hard day of… playing with toys, watching cartoons, and napping, nothing spells refreshment like a frosty glass of Kodomo No Nomimono – a phrase which I can only assume means something close to “beer for kids” in Japanese.
Perfect for the holidays, too, as evidenced by the second video below:
This is non-alcoholic beer, of course – looks like it’s basically sparkling apple juice. Even so, it’ll be coming to the US never, ever, ever in a million years.
[via Kotaku]
kodomo (こども) is “children”.
no (の) is a possessive particle.
nomimono (のみもの) is “drink” or “beverage”.
So essentially Kodomo no Nomimono just means “Children’s Drink”