酒 – vocab dash

Keyword

alcoholic drink

sake
alcohol

Frequency: #1006
Strokes: 10
Grade: 3
JLPT (old): N2
Heisig: 1535

Readings

シュ71%

さか21%

さけ7%

Mnemonic

Water drops pour from the sign of the bird, a jug shaped like a rooster, into a cup of alcoholic drink.

Stroke order

Composed of

氵water drops 酉sign of the bird

Used in vocabulary

酒さけ

alcohol; sake

Noun

居い酒ざか屋や

izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks

Noun

日本にほん酒しゅ

sake (rice wine); saké

Noun

飲いん酒しゅ

drinking alcohol

Noun

酒さか店だな

liquor store; off-licence; bottle shop

Noun

酒さか場ば

bar; pub; tavern

Noun

吟ぎん醸じょう酒しゅ

ginjō sake; high-quality sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%

Noun

酒しゅ類るい

alcoholic drinks; liquor

Noun

酒しゅ造ぞう

brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)

Noun

梅うめ酒しゅ

ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

Noun

酒しゅ税ぜい

liquor tax; tax on alcohol

Noun

禁きん酒しゅ

abstinence from alcohol; temperance; prohibition of drinking

Noun

飲おん酒じゅ

consumption of alcohol (as prohibited by one of the Buddhist precepts); Buddhist precept prohibiting the consumption of alcohol

Noun

酒ささ

alcohol; sake

Noun

酒しゅ

alcohol; (alcoholic) drink; liqueur

Suffix

酒さか

alcohol; sake

Prefix

酒さか屋や

liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer

Noun

清せい酒しゅ

refined sake

Noun

洋よう酒しゅ

Western wine and spirits; Western liquor

Noun

酒さけ飲のみ

(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

Noun

酒さか菜な

appetizer or snack served with drinks

Noun

飲いん酒しゅ運うん転てん

drunk driving; drink-driving; driving while intoxicated; drinking and driving; driving under the influence (of alcohol)

Noun

酒しゅ販はん

liquor trade

Noun

甘あま酒ざけ

amazake; sweet drink made from fermented rice or sake lees

Noun