► 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:
- サラリーマンに人気の居酒屋 ⇨ A pub restaurant popular among business people
- 節度の有る飲酒 ⇨ Drinking with moderation
- 日本酒の真髄 ⇨ The essence, the best property, of Japanese sake
- 酒は余り飲まないけどビールなんかは好きだ ⇨ I don’t drink much but I like something like beer
- 酒が回ってきた ⇨ The alcohol has started working on me. I am getting drunk
- 酒池肉林の宴 ⇨ An extreme feast
- そのうちまた酒を飲みに行こうな? ⇨ Let’s go for drinks soon again, OK?
- この酒は冷やして飲むも良し、温めて飲むのも良しだ ⇨ This sake is good to drink chilled or hot
- その店は酒の販売を許可されている ⇨ The store is permitted to sell alcohol
- 彼等は酒を傾けて夜遅くまで話し込んだ ⇨ They talked deep into the night, tilting sake bottles (to pour into cups)
- 彼は酒をちびりちびり飲んでいる ⇨ He’s sipping his drink little by little
- 警察が飲酒運転の取締りに目を光らせている ⇨ Police is carefully watching out for drunk driving
- うちの父親は酒乱だった ⇨ My father was a violent alcoholic
- 酒の製造には長い歴史が有る ⇨ Alcohol drink making has a long history
- 彼は酒癖が悪い ⇨ He becomes very difficult when he is drunk