► 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:
- 彼は酒を呑むのが好きだ ⇨ He likes to drink alcohol
- 教師が飲酒運転で逮捕されたのでは生徒達に示しが付かない ⇨ A teacher getting arrested for DUI sets a very poor example for the students
- 彼女は夫の酒癖の悪さに散々泣かされた ⇨ She was made to cry, suffered a lot, by her husband’s drinking problem
- 飲酒運転の取締りが厳しくなっている ⇨ The crackdown on DUI has been intensifying
- 私は美食や酒には興味がない ⇨ I am not interested in gourmet food or alcohol
- さっき日本酒をちょびっと飲んだ ⇨ I had just a little bit of sake a while ago
- 街の酒場の多い地域 ⇨ A part of town with many bars, pubs
- 彼はいつも人に酒を無理に進める ⇨ He always forcibly offer drinks to other people
- 彼は酒屋を廃業した ⇨ He closed his liquor shop
- 大学生達が酒を飲んで騒いでいる ⇨ College kids are getting drunk and rowdy
- 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
- 彼女は上品ぶっているが酒を飲むと地が出る ⇨ She is acting high-society but once she gets drunk her true (vulgar) self shows up
- 彼は酒臭い ⇨ He smells alcohol
- 今日はなんか酒の回りが早い ⇨ Today alcohol somehow affects me more than usual
- サラリーマンに人気の居酒屋 ⇨ A pub restaurant popular among business people