泥酔(でいすい)

でいすい
noun
dead drunk; heavily intoxicated
1. dead drunk; heavily intoxicated; blind drunk
A state of extreme drunkenness where one can barely function. Stronger than just being drunk — implies a complete loss of composure.
彼(かれ)は泥酔(でいすい)して動(うご)けなかった。
He was dead drunk and couldn't move.
泥酔(でいすい)状態(じょうたい)で駅(えき)のホームで寝(ね)ている人(ひと)がいた。
There was someone passed out drunk on the station platform.
泥酔(でいすい)した客(きゃく)がタクシーの中(なか)で暴(あば)れて、運転手(うんてんしゅ)が困(こま)っていた。
A dead-drunk passenger was being rowdy in the taxi, and the driver was at a loss.

Literally "mud-drunk" — the 泥(どろ) (mud) character evokes the image of someone so drunk they are like mud, completely limp and unable to function. The verb form 泥酔(でいすい)する means "to get completely wasted."

DEGREES OF DRUNKENNESS (from mild to severe):

  • ほろ酔(よ)い (pleasantly tipsy)
  • 酔(よ)っている (drunk)
  • 泥酔(でいすい) (dead drunk)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 泥酔(でいすい)状態(じょうたい) (state of heavy intoxication)
  • 泥酔(でいすい)運転(うんてん) (driving while heavily intoxicated)
  • 泥酔(でいすい)した客(きゃく) (extremely drunk customer/patron)
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