► 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:
- 皆んなでわいわいと酒を飲んだ ⇨ We all had drinks merrily
- 日本酒の真髄 ⇨ The essence, the best property, of Japanese sake
- 選りに選った材料だけで作った酒 ⇨ Sake made only with carefully chosen ingredients
- 酒の上の事では済まされない ⇨ You cannot just dismiss that behavior saying it was under influence of alcohol
- 私は酒を受け付けない体質だ ⇨ My body doesn’t tolerate alcohol
- 飲酒運転の取締りが厳しくなっている ⇨ The crackdown on DUI has been intensifying
- 彼は酒をちびりちびり飲んでいる ⇨ He’s sipping his drink little by little
- 彼は酒を盃についだ ⇨ He pour sake in the cup
- 彼は酒臭い ⇨ He smells alcohol
- 彼は徳利の酒を盃に注いだ ⇨ He poured sake into his cup from the tokkuri
- 人気の居酒屋 ⇨ A popular pub restaurant
- 酒は程々が一番 ⇨ It is best to keep your drinking moderate
- うちの父親は酒乱だった ⇨ My father was a violent alcoholic
- 酒はいけるほうですか？ ⇨ Can you drink a lot? Do you like alcohol?
- 彼は余り酒を飲まない ⇨ He doesn’t drink much