Moto 酒: Sake; AlcoholKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シュ
- Kun'yomi
- さけ、さか-
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 323 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シュ)
- 酒類しゅるいalcoholic drinks; liquor
- 飲酒いんしゅdrinking alcohol (sake)
- 酒税しゅぜいliquor tax; tax on alcohol
- 酒造しゅぞうsake brewing
- 洋酒ようしゅWestern wine and spirits; Western liquor
- 清酒せいしゅrefined sake
- 原酒げんしゅrefined sake not diluted in water; undiluted sake
- 吟醸酒ぎんじょうしゅginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
- 新酒しんしゅnew brew of sake
- 梅酒うめしゅume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy
- 禁酒きんしゅabstinence from alcohol; temperance
- 美酒びしゅhigh-grade sake
- 酒乱しゅらんdrunken frenzy; drunken violence
- 酒席しゅせきdrinking party
- 酒気しゅきliquor smell; tipsiness
- 酒豪しゅごうheavy drinker
- 酒販しゅはんliquor trade
- 酒量しゅりょうamount of drink; one's drinking capacity
- 飲酒運転いんしゅうんてんdrunken driving; driving while intoxicated
- はちみつ酒はちみつしゅmead; honey wine
- びわ酒びわしゅloquat wine
- ぶどう酒ぶどうしゅ(grape) wine
- みかん酒みかんしゅmandarin-flavored shochu
- ゆず酒ゆずしゅyuzu liqueur; yuzu-flavored alcohol
- りんご酒りんごしゅcider (alcoholic); hard cider
- シェリー酒シェリーしゅsherry
- ポン酒ポンしゅsake; Japanese rice wine
- マデイラ酒マデイラしゅMadeira wine
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 酒さけalcohol; sake
- 居酒屋いざかやizakaya; Japanese bar that also serves various dishes and snacks
- 酒場さかばbar; pub
- 酒屋さかやliquor store; wine shop
- 酒店さかだなalcohol-selling shop
- 利き酒ききざけsake tasting; wine tasting
- 地酒じざけlocal sake
- 造り酒屋つくりざかやsake brewer; sake brewery
- 酒好きさけずきlove of drink; fondness for alcohol
- 酒盛りさかもりdrinking bout; merrymaking
- 酒蔵さかぐらsake brewery
- 酒造りさけづくりsake brewing
- 酒飲みさけのみ(heavy) drinker; drunkard
- お酒おさけalcohol; sake
- きき酒ききざけsake tasting; wine tasting
- たまご酒たまござけeggnog (made with sake)
- はしご酒はしござけbarhopping; pub crawl
- ひれ酒ひれざけhot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)
- ふるまい酒ふるまいざけsake offered to someone; treat of sake
- わかめ酒わかめざけdrinking alcohol from a woman's crotch
- コップ酒コップざけsake sold in a cup rather than a bottle; drinking sake from a regular-size cup rather than from a small sake cup
- タダ酒タダざけfree alcohol; free liquor
Other readings
- 日本酒にほんしゅsake; Japanese rice wine
- お神酒おみきsacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods
- お神酒上がらぬ神はないおみきあがらぬかみはないeven the gods drink sake; there's nothing wrong with drinking
- ただ酒タダざけfree alcohol; free liquor
- やけ酒ヤケざけdrowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
- コーリャン酒こうりょうしゅkaoliang (strong distilled Chinese alcohol made from sorghum)
- ハシゴ酒はしござけbarhopping; pub crawl
- ヒレ酒ひれざけhot sake with grilled fish fins (esp. fugu or sea bream)
- ブドウ酒ぶどうしゅ(grape) wine
- ミカン酒みかんしゅmandarin-flavored shochu
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