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bar-hopping; pub-crawling; going out drinking
Going from bar to bar drinking, or making a habit of going out to drink. The noun form of 飲み歩く.
週末の飲み歩きが楽しみだ。
I look forward to bar-hopping on the weekend.
昨夜は飲み歩きで散財してしまった。
I spent way too much money bar-hopping last night.
若い頃は、毎晩のように友達と飲み歩きをしていた。
When I was young, I would go out drinking with friends almost every night.
The noun form of the compound verb 飲み歩く (飲む to drink + 歩く to walk), meaning to go around from bar to bar drinking.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 飲み歩きをする: to go bar-hopping
- 夜の飲み歩き: a night of bar-hopping
SIMILAR WORDS:
- はしご酒: bar-hopping — emphasizes visiting several bars in sequence in one night
- 飲み会: drinking party — a single organized gathering, not moving around