(さけ)

さけ
noun
sake, alcohol
1. sake
Japanese rice wine.
熱燗(あつかん)(さけ)注文(ちゅうもん)した
I ordered hot sake.
I use sake in cooking.
I want to taste local sake.
()(さけ)()きです
I like cold sake.
2. alcohol, liquor
Alcoholic beverages in general.
(さけ)()
To drink alcohol.
I can't drink alcohol.
I drank too much alcohol.
Can you hold your alcohol well?
I quit drinking alcohol.

(さけ) means both Japanese sake (rice wine) and alcohol in general.

TYPES OF ALCOHOL:

  • 日本酒(にほんしゅ): Japanese sake (rice wine)
  • 焼酎(しょうちゅう): shochu (distilled spirit)
  • 梅酒(うめしゅ): plum wine
  • 洋酒(ようしゅ): Western liquor
  • ビール: beer

SAKE SERVING STYLES:

  • 熱燗(あつかん): hot sake
  • ()や: room temperature sake
  • 冷酒(れいしゅ): chilled sake

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • (さけ)()む: to drink alcohol
  • (さけ)(つよ)い: can hold one's liquor
  • (さけ)(よわ)い: can't hold one's liquor
  • 居酒屋(いざかや): izakaya (Japanese pub)