ハシゴ酒

• 読み: ハシゴざけ
• ローマ字: hashigo zake
• 漢字の分解: ハシゴ (ladder, from 梯子) + 酒 (alcohol/sake, with rendaku voicing) → ladder of bars
• 発音: /ha.ɕi.ɡo za.ke/

意味

Bar hopping; going from one bar or izakaya to the next in a single night, like climbing rungs of a ladder.

Using the metaphor of climbing a ladder (梯子) from one establishment to the next, ハシゴ酒 describes the Japanese tradition of visiting multiple bars in one evening. Each stop usually involves different drinks and small dishes. It's a social activity deeply tied to Japanese nightlife culture, especially in areas with dense concentrations of small bars like Golden Gai in Shinjuku.

例文

1. 昨日は三軒ハシゴ酒して終電逃した。
2. たまにはハシゴ酒しようよ、色んな店回りたい。
3. ハシゴ酒すると毎回飲みすぎちゃうんだよなあ。

使い方ガイド

場面: nightlife, friends, drinking plans

トーン: adventurous, social

正しい言い方

• 今日はハシゴ酒するぞ！ (Tonight we're bar hopping!)
• ハシゴ酒するならこのエリアがおすすめ。 (If you're bar hopping, I recommend this area.)

避ける言い方

• 仕事の接待で「ハシゴ酒しましょう」はカジュアルすぎる (Suggesting 'let's bar hop' at a business entertainment event is too casual)

よくある間違い

• Using ハシゴ酒 for visiting multiple restaurants for food — it specifically refers to drinking-focused bar hopping

起源と歴史

From 梯子 (ladder) + 酒 (alcohol). The image is of climbing from one bar to the next, like moving up the rungs of a ladder. A long-standing term in Japanese drinking culture.

文化的背景

時代: Long-standing drinking culture term

世代: All ages (legal drinking age 20+)

社会的背景: Universal among drinkers

地域メモ: Used across all of Japan. Especially associated with areas dense with small bars like Shinjuku's Golden Gai.