Kanji

酔

drunk, feel sick, poisoned, elated, spellbound

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

11 strokes

Radical

酉部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

スイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

よう, よい, よ

Common Readings

スイ, よ…う

Example sentences

酔う よう
酒に酔って、千鳥足で歩く。

Getting drunk on sake, he walks with a tottering step.

吐き気 はきけ
バスに酔って、吐き気がしてしまった。

I got motion sickness on the bus and started feeling nauseated.

酔っ払う よっぱらう
昨夜はビールを飲みすぎて、ひどく酔っ払った。

I drank too much beer last night and got very drunk.

酒 さけ
彼はお酒を飲みすぎて、酔っ払ってしまった。

He drank too much alcohol and ended up getting drunk.

酔い よい
酒の酔いが回ってきた。

The alcohol is starting to take effect.

醒める さめる
冷たい風に当たって、酔いが一気に醒めた。

Hitting the cold wind, I sobered up at once.

酔っ払い よっぱらい
彼は酔っ払いだったが、話してみると面白い人だった。

He was a drunk, but when I talked to him, he turned out to be an interesting person.

暴れる あばれる
酔っ払いが店の中で暴れた。

The drunk person went on a rampage in the store.

二日酔い ふつかよい
昨日飲みすぎて、今日はひどい二日酔いだ。

I drank too much yesterday, so I have a terrible hangover today.

飲みすぎる のみすぎる
お酒を飲みすぎると、次の日に二日酔いになる。

If you drink too much alcohol, you will get a hangover the next day.

Example Vocabulary

酔う

よう

to get drunk; to feel sick (from motion); to be enchanted

酔っ払う

よっぱらう

to get drunk; to become intoxicated

酔い

よい

intoxication; drunkenness; motion sickness

酔っ払い

よっぱらい

drunkard, drunk person

二日酔い

ふつかよい

hangover

酔っぱらう

よっぱらう

to get drunk; to become intoxicated

麻酔

ますい

anesthesia; narcosis

酔いしれる

よいしれる

to be entranced; to be fascinated; to be intoxicated with; to be carried away

酔狂

すいきょう

陶酔

とうすい

intoxication; rapture; enchantment

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