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酒 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 酒 意味

sake, alcohol

酒 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

さけ sake
さか- saka-

KUNYOMI 訓読み

シュ shu

Examples

僕は酒も煙草もやらないんだ。I neither drink nor smoke.
酒でも飲もうよ。Let’s have a drink or something.
酒は米で作ります。We make sake from rice.
私は煙草と酒をやめた。I stopped smoking and drinking.
彼はタバコも酒もやらない。He neither smokes nor drinks.
私は酒もたばこもやらない。I neither smoke nor drink.
父は酒を飲むのをやめた。Father stopped drinking.
父は酒も飲まなければ煙草も吸わない。My father neither drinks nor smokes.
彼女は酒を慎んでいる。She abstains from drinking.
彼は酒で身を滅ぼした。Drinking was his ruin.

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