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酒 kanji
sake, alcohol
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シュ
Kun readings
さけさか-
Words with 酒
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —飲酒Populardrinking alcohol
- —禁酒Popularabstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking
- —酒造Popularbrewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
- —酒類Popularalcoholic drinks; liquor
- —清酒Popularrefined sake
- —梅酒Popularume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
- —洋酒PopularWestern wine and spirits; Western liquor
- —酒税Popularliquor tax; tax on alcohol
- —日本酒Popularsake (rice wine); saké
- —飲酒運転Populardrunk driving; drink-driving; driving while intoxicated; drinking and driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol)
- —酒alcohol; (alcoholic) drink; liqueur
- —麦酒beer
- —悪酒cheap liquor
- —佳酒good wine; good drink
- —火酒distilled liquor; spirits; hard liquor; cachaça (Brazilian liquor)
- —願酒praying at a temple or shrine for help to stop drinking
- —酒宴drinking party; banquet; feast
- —酒気liquor smell; tipsiness
- —酒豪heavy drinker
- —酒肴food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink