► 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)
酒屋 [さかや] meaning: alcohol rank: 2
☆ 酒屋 ⇨ A liquor store
アル中 [あるちゅう] [coll] meaning: alcohol rank: 3
☆ うちの父親はアル中だった ⇨ My father was alcoholic
大酒飲み [(4)おおざけのみ] meaning: alcohol rank: 3
☆ 彼は大変な大酒飲みだ ⇨ He’s a super-heavy drinker
酒癖 [さけぐせ] meaning: alcohol rank: 3
☆ 彼は酒癖が悪い ⇨ He becomes very difficult when he is drunk (☛ Literally “alcohol habit”. Become aggressive, argumentative, irritable when drunk)
お冷 [(2)おひや] meaning: alcohol rank: 4
☆ お冷でもどう？ ⇨ How about cold sake? (☛ Chilled sake)
焼酎 [(4)しょうちゅう] meaning: alcohol rank: 4
☆ 私は焼酎は飲まない ⇨ I don’t drink shochu (☛ A Japanese distilled drink)
晩酌 [ばんしゃく] meaning: alcohol rank: 4
☆ 彼は毎日晩酌する ⇨ He drinks with dinner every day
► 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