酒 : Sake

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Components:

氵酉

sake, alcohol

On 'yomi:

シュ(shu)

Kun 'yomi:

さけ(sake) さか-(sakā)

Nanori:

き(ki) さ(sa) し(shi)

Strokes:	10
Radical:	氵 (85)
Usage Rating:	1006

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	3

Unicode:	09152
jis208:	28-82

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酒 Usage examples

生酒(きざけ)	pure sake, pure rice wine, undiluted sake, unadulterated sake
振舞い酒(ふるまいざけ) ふるまい酒(ふるまいざけ)	treat of sake
林檎酒(リンゴしゅ) りんご酒(リンゴしゅ) リンゴ酒(リンゴしゅ)	apple cider (alcoholic)
食前酒(しょくぜんしゅ)	aperitif
老酒(ラオチュウ)	old alcohol
白酒(しろざけ)	sweet white sake
白葡萄酒(しろブドウしゅ) 白ブドウ酒(しろブドウしゅ)	white wine
雪見酒(ゆきみざけ)	sake drunk while viewing a snowy scene
酒臭い(さけくさい)	reeking of liquor, smelling of alcohol
飲酒の害(いんしゅのがい)	ill effects of drinking
辛口の酒(からくちのさけ)	dry sake
酒癖が悪い(さけぐせがわるい)	being a bad drunk
酒造り(さけづくり)	sake brewing
酒の気(さけのけ)	looking tipsy, seeming drunk
酒を勧める(さけをすすめる)	to press alcohol on someone, to urge somebody to drink, to offer alcohol to someone
酒を絶やす(さけをたやす)	to run out of sake, to be out of sake, to run out of alcohol
原酒(げんしゅ)	refined sake not diluted in water, undiluted sake, unblended whisky (whiskey)
マデイラ酒(マデイラしゅ)	Madeira wine
ラム酒(ラムしゅ)	rum
吟醸酒(ぎんじょうしゅ)	type of sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60%
紅灯緑酒(こうとうりょくしゅ)	(nights of) fun, food, and drink, bright-light district, nightlife district
美酒佳肴(びしゅかこう)	fine wines and prized delicacies
粗酒粗肴(そしゅそこう)	cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest)
発泡酒(はっぽうしゅ)	sparkling wine, sparkling liquor, sparkling alcohol
酒甕(さけがめ)	sake jug
酒匠(さかしょう)	master of sake, sake sommelier
利酒師(ききさけし)	master of sake, sake advisor
升酒(ますざけ) 枡酒(ますざけ) 桝酒(ますざけ)	alcohol (esp. sake) served in a small wooden box, alcohol (esp. sake) sold in a small wooden box
紹興酒(シャオシンチュー)	shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet)
中国酒(ちゅうごくしゅ)	Chinese alcohol, Chinese spirits
酒気を帯びる(しゅきをおびる)	to tie one on, to get drunk