酒浸(さけびた)り

さけびたり
noun
heavy drinking; being soaked in alcohol
1. heavy drinking; being soaked in alcohol; alcoholism
A state of being constantly drunk or habitually drinking heavily. Describes a lifestyle dominated by alcohol consumption, with strongly negative connotations.
定年後(ていねんご)、酒浸(さけびた)りの毎日(まいにち)を送(おく)っている。
After retirement, he spends every day soaked in alcohol.
父(ちち)は酒浸(さけびた)りで家族(かぞく)に迷惑(めいわく)をかけた。
My father was a heavy drinker and caused trouble for the family.
失業(しつぎょう)してからは酒浸(さけびた)りの生活(せいかつ)に陥(おちい)り、健康(けんこう)を害(がい)した。
After losing his job, he fell into a life of heavy drinking and damaged his health.

酒浸(さけびた)り literally means 'soaked in alcohol' and describes a state of habitual heavy drinking.

WORD FORMATION:
酒(さけ) (alcohol) + 浸(びた)り (soaked, immersed). The ～浸(びた)り pattern indicates being immersed in something to excess.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 酒浸(さけびた)りの毎日(まいにち) (days spent drinking heavily)
  • 酒浸(さけびた)りの生活(せいかつ) (a life of heavy drinking)
  • 酒浸(さけびた)りになる (to become a heavy drinker)
  • 酒浸(さけびた)りで体(からだ)を壊(こわ)す (ruin one's health through heavy drinking)

CONNOTATION:
Always negative. Describes problem drinking that dominates a person's life, not social or occasional drinking. Often used when describing someone whose life has deteriorated due to alcohol.

RELATED:

  • 大酒飲(おおざけの)み: heavy drinker (can be neutral or even admiring in some contexts)
  • アルコール依存症(いぞんしょう): alcoholism (medical/clinical term)
  • 飲(の)んだくれ: drunkard (colloquial, derogatory)
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