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[English > Japanese] Looking to name my new shoyu

Hello! I just finished brewing 1 gallon of shoyu and 4 more gallons are on the way. I'm going to bottle it, create a nice label, and give some to my family as gifts.

Most of the shoyus I have seem to have both the brewery name and the sauce's name: ie [Yamaroku Shoyu's Tsurubishio soy sauce](https://www.amazon.com/Yamaroku-Artisan-Japanese-Premium-Gourmet/dp/B0036TFXY0/ref=zg_bs_g_16321391_sccl_17/141-6687714-6457125?th=1). I was hoping to follow that with my own.

My "brewery" name would be "Wolf", which is a slight alteration on my family name. The sauces themselves are currently referred to as "Alpha", "Beta", "Gamma", "Delta", and "Omega".

Could you please help me to come up with a correct naming scheme for these? I assume there may be particularities when it comes to translating this into a brand name, plus in translating Wolf first as an animal, then using it as a brand name again.

I'm hoping to translate:

Wolf Shoyu: First, Second, Third, Fourth, Last/Ultimate

Google has me at:

オオカミ醤油:第一、第二、第三、第四、究極

Ōkami shōyu: Dai ichi, dai ni, dai san, dai shi, kyūkyoku

Also open to any suggestions or improvements to make this more correct or more culturally-sensitive. Thank you.

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