► 名詞
酒 [(2)さけ] meaning: alcohol rank: 1
☆ 私は酒は飲まない ⇨ I don’t drink alcohol (☛ Rice wine in the strict sense, but alcoholic drinks in general in the broader sense)
► 接尾辞
酒 [しゅ] meaning: alcohol rank: 2
☆ 洋酒と日本酒のどちらが好きですか？ ⇨ Which alcohol drink you like better, western ones or japanese one
More examples:
- 日本酒好きには堪えられない旨さ ⇨ The taste Japanese sake fans cannot resist
- 隣の家で皆酒を飲んで馬鹿騒ぎしている ⇨ Everybody is drinking and raising a ruckus next door
- 彼は酒屋を廃業した ⇨ He closed his liquor shop
- ぴりっと辛い酒 ⇨ A sharp-tasting sake
- 私は酒を飲まない ⇨ I don’t drink alcohol
- 彼は飲酒運転をして事故を起こした ⇨ He drank and drove, and caused an accident
- 酒は程々が一番 ⇨ It is best to keep your drinking moderate
- 彼は大変な大酒飲みだ ⇨ He’s a super-heavy drinker
- ピーナッツは代表的な酒のおつまみだ ⇨ Peanuts are very common snacks for alcohol drinks
- 私は酒を絶った ⇨ I quit drinking (cold turkey)
- 酒屋 ⇨ A liquor store
- 酒が回ってきた ⇨ The alcohol has started working on me. I am getting drunk
- 酒には関税がかかる ⇨ There is a tariff for alcohol
- 彼は昼間から酒を飲んでいる ⇨ He’s drinking in the afternoon
- 豆類は酒のつまみの定番だ ⇨ Nuts are fixtures as drinking snacks