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Grade 3JLPT N3

sake, alcohol

10 strokes · frequency rank #1006

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さけ、さか-

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Common words

  1. さけalcohol; sake1
    • I neither drink nor smoke.

    • Don't indulge yourself too much in drinking.

    • Let's have a drink or something.

  2. にほんしゅsake (rice wine); saké2
    • Whoo! I'm feeling that sake. I'm getting blurred vision and I can't walk straight.

    • Cheap sake makes you sick.

    • Whenever I drink sake, I get a headache.

  3. ようしゅWestern wine and spirits; Western liquor3
  4. せいしゅrefined sake4
  5. きんしゅabstinence from alcohol; temperance5
    • He renounced smoking and drinking.

    • He abstained from alcohol.

    • He signed off from wine.

  6. さかばbar; pub; tavern6
    • He posed as a dentist at that bar.

    • The workers like to gather in a pub where they can let their hair down.

  7. さかやliquor store; wine shop; bottle shop7
    • I bought a bottle of beer at the liquor store.

    • He is the owner of the liquor shop.

  8. さかだなliquor store; off-licence; bottle shop8
  9. しゅぜいliquor tax; tax on alcohol9
  10. しゅぞうbrewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)10
    • A brewery we finance has made a new sweet sake and brought some to us asking us to try it.

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