注す

• 読み: さす
• ローマ字: sasu
• 漢字の分解: 注 (chū/sa) — pour, note, annotate
• 発音: /sa.sɯ/

意味

To pour (a drink); to serve (drinks). Specifically used for pouring beverages for someone.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the す row. Most commonly used for pouring alcoholic drinks, especially sake, for others. In Japanese drinking culture, pouring for someone else (お酌する) is an important social custom. Often interchangeable with 差す in this context, but 注す specifically emphasises the pouring action.

例文

1. 父がお客さんにお酒を注した。
2. ワインをグラスに注してもらった。
3. 宴会では上司にお酒を注すのがマナーだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: dining, drinking culture, hospitality

トーン: polite

起源と歴史

The kanji 注 combines 氵 (water radical) and 主 (lord/main). Water directed by a guiding hand — pouring with care and intention.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal